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On 3 occasions recently my 07 DB9 has not started first-turn. Embarrassingly this always seems to coincide with someone saying "go on let's hear it then" or some such comment (maybe that's the jinx?). It happens after having a decent hour's drive, then sitting typically for an hour and me returning.
Car will whizz for a long time on the starter, try to catch then nothing. Then have to back the key off and try a second time, whereupon it starts instantly as usual.
As mentioned it's more embarrasing than a nuisance. Is this cause for concern or sign of a well known and easy remedy? Car is always on a trickle charger, the only factor I can see is at least once the fuel light had just pinged on so it was pretty empty. I have a simple code reader but have not connected it yet.
Car will whizz for a long time on the starter, try to catch then nothing. Then have to back the key off and try a second time, whereupon it starts instantly as usual.
As mentioned it's more embarrasing than a nuisance. Is this cause for concern or sign of a well known and easy remedy? Car is always on a trickle charger, the only factor I can see is at least once the fuel light had just pinged on so it was pretty empty. I have a simple code reader but have not connected it yet.
I had sort of a similar thing with my V8, only happened when the engine was warm and it had been left for an hour or more. Mine was a leaking injector, resulting in a long time cranking before the engine spluttered into life. When I took it into the dealers the first time they recognised the symptoms as a failed fuel purge valve (turned out not to be the case) so either of these could be your problem.
A leaking injector would normally cause a misfire, mine was noticeable at tickover
A leaking injector would normally cause a misfire, mine was noticeable at tickover
Thanks for the replies. I didn't notice any messages, mind you I was probably too embarrassed/surprised to pay attention.
The car is less than 100 miles from a main dealer service and I would hope a leaky injector would have beeen spotted (I had a leaky injector on my Lotus for a long time and it was noticeable but I wrongly dismissed it as an tiny cam cover oil leak, but was just the buildup of oily residue as the lighter fuel elements burned off.)
The car has done this twice before the service and once since.
The car is less than 100 miles from a main dealer service and I would hope a leaky injector would have beeen spotted (I had a leaky injector on my Lotus for a long time and it was noticeable but I wrongly dismissed it as an tiny cam cover oil leak, but was just the buildup of oily residue as the lighter fuel elements burned off.)
The car has done this twice before the service and once since.
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