Cerb refusing to start this morning. Any ideas?
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She was working perfectly last night.
Got in to go to work this morning and she won't start.
Starter motor is turning the engine over, but no evidence of firing going on.
No warning lights.
It has got petrol in it, but I couldn't smell petrol at the end of the exhausts, so i'm guessing that it may be a fuel pump issue.
Whatever it is, it's temperature related. Anyone got any ideas?
Got in to go to work this morning and she won't start.
Starter motor is turning the engine over, but no evidence of firing going on.
No warning lights.
It has got petrol in it, but I couldn't smell petrol at the end of the exhausts, so i'm guessing that it may be a fuel pump issue.
Whatever it is, it's temperature related. Anyone got any ideas?
jensena said:
Just check that you haventt accidentally turned that little Chrome key in the cubby hole - You know, the one that none of us ever bothers touching! If that has been knocked just a bit, the engine will turn, but nothing else will happen.
Hmm, didn't think of that. Will check, although the last drive was to change spaces in the car park outside my house, so the battery could just have been feeling a bit down, then the cold finished it off.
On a different note - what a bloody daft design! Went to attach the charger, then had to go off and hunt for allen keys to get to the battery!!
We shall see what happens when I press the black button tomorrow morning
jensena said:
Just check that you haventt accidentally turned that little Chrome key in the cubby hole - You know, the one that none of us ever bothers touching! If that has been knocked just a bit, the engine will turn, but nothing else will happen.
Think its all dead then. I did this a few weeks ago.
Have you been messing about in the fuse box?
Starter motor turned the engine as before, but no evidence of firing.....Scrooloose said:
The battery was fully charged when I got to it this morning.
By fully charged, did you measure it with a meter to see if you had at least 12V (12.5V might be better). I know my BEC has trouble starting with less than 12.5V, the spark is too weak.
A good earth point is on the fuel rail (if it's a 4.2) or on the oil filler cap.
Do you hear the fuel pump prime when you push the button. If you push once you can hear it pressure up and then stop, then push and hold to start.
Try jump starting it with another car. Should help if it's a voltage issue rather than waiting another night to trickle charge. Make sure you get a good contact, it's tricky with the battery cover surround in place.
The silver key should kill everything.
Scrooloose said:
On a different note - what a bloody daft design! Went to attach the charger, then had to go off and hunt for allen keys to get to the battery!!
Mine has a short lead, about 300mm long, for the trickle charger permanently connected to the battery lugs.
There's a jack plug on it and the two just push together without any messing about with the panel.
It was on the car when I got it, and I've never actually used it, but it looks very handy for what you are trying to do.
If it's not standard on the trickle chargers it should be pretty easy to make one up.
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