What do I do when I have a hotstart?
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Exactly as the question is... my car has been suffering from hotstarts lately... I don't know what to do, tried reading stuff and all they did was just explain why hotstarts occur.
So just wondering is there anything I can do?
Is this a major problem?
Bear in mind that I don't know much about cars and I'm the type that would have to get Halford's staff to change a light bulb.
Lots of love,
Miss Chan.
So just wondering is there anything I can do?
Is this a major problem?
Bear in mind that I don't know much about cars and I'm the type that would have to get Halford's staff to change a light bulb.
Lots of love,
Miss Chan.
Edited by cinderella_uk on Saturday 31st May 19:44
Without knowing what car you are talking about its difficult to say, but as a broad guide, anything 1995 onwards (ie car has fuel injection) it should just be turn the key and it starts - no special control required.
Earlier cars (carburetted) may require you to hold down the throttle pedal if they are being stubborn - typically when starting from hot the difficulty is hot fuel vapor being too rich to ignite, by holding the throttle open you admit more air thereby leaning out that mixture so it ignites correctly.
Typical reasons for a car not starting well when hot would be
fuel vaporisation (check the fuel lines under the bonnet arent running close to anything that gets hot)
On fuel injection cars - a failed engine temperature sensor (this would be different from the one that supplies the temperature on the dashboard so this may still work), this would mean that the car doesnt know how hot the engine is and therefore whether its starting from hot or cold. It will then default to a setting between the 2 so that it can get running, but it will mean that it may not start perfectly as it doesnt have the ideal mixture. This one seems most likely given what you say.
Earlier cars (carburetted) may require you to hold down the throttle pedal if they are being stubborn - typically when starting from hot the difficulty is hot fuel vapor being too rich to ignite, by holding the throttle open you admit more air thereby leaning out that mixture so it ignites correctly.
Typical reasons for a car not starting well when hot would be
fuel vaporisation (check the fuel lines under the bonnet arent running close to anything that gets hot)
On fuel injection cars - a failed engine temperature sensor (this would be different from the one that supplies the temperature on the dashboard so this may still work), this would mean that the car doesnt know how hot the engine is and therefore whether its starting from hot or cold. It will then default to a setting between the 2 so that it can get running, but it will mean that it may not start perfectly as it doesnt have the ideal mixture. This one seems most likely given what you say.
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