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Title: Starting from warm problem....
Post by: Dave-C on 05 January 2008, 19:21:59
Very occasionally after driving, I'll stop the engine, try to restart, it just turns over.. as flooded...  If I floor the throttle it'll start straight away (Switch the injectors off start)...   Also, I have a slight misfire on tick over.. no acceleration problem at all, infact since changing the plugs it's rapid.... ICV is spotless too..  No vac leaks....

Any suggestions.... :-/

Title: Re: Starting from warm problem....
Post by: TheBoy on 05 January 2008, 19:23:17
The starting does sound a bit like a leaky injector...
Title: Re: Starting from warm problem....
Post by: Dave-C on 05 January 2008, 19:32:25
Wondered if I'd got an O2 sensor going down..  any logic to that?

DC
Title: Re: Starting from warm problem....
Post by: cem_devecioglu on 05 January 2008, 19:36:30
From what I gather from the net average life for lambda sensor

is around 100,000 Km.. :-/

But I see many cars around using them more than 100 K miles :-?
Title: Re: Starting from warm problem....
Post by: Kevin Wood on 05 January 2008, 19:44:44
Lambda sensors won't come into the equation until the engine is running stably and they have warmed up so you can eliminate that.

Does it start after a crank with the throttle on the floor? EDIT: Just read the original post properly ::). In that case a leaky injector sounds likely. Could also be a fault coolant temp. Sensor not cutting the enrichment when warm.

No codes present indicating a crank sensor problem? This is how mine went.

Kevin
Title: Re: Starting from warm problem....
Post by: Dave-C on 05 January 2008, 19:52:47
Like the coolant temp idea..  do you think that that would give me an uneven tickover?

DC
Title: Re: Starting from warm problem....
Post by: Kevin Wood on 05 January 2008, 19:56:11
Possibly. It will be running rich since the warmup enrichment will still be active.

Kevin
Title: Re: Starting from warm problem....
Post by: Dave-C on 06 January 2008, 08:24:53
Will I get a paper clip code for temp sensor, or, is it a live scan that'll spot it...?

DC
Title: Re: Starting from warm problem....
Post by: Marks DTM Calib on 06 January 2008, 09:13:53
Live scan idealy....that way the temp of the ECU coolant sensor can be compared with that of the instruments one.
Title: Re: Starting from warm problem....
Post by: TheBoy on 06 January 2008, 10:25:58
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Live scan idealy....that way the temp of the ECU coolant sensor can be compared with that of the instruments one.
Only remember the instrument one is 'modified' (even at live data level) to be heavily damped and not to scare the driver ;)