Had the car for a couple of months now and all seemed well, but a couple of weeks ago I noticed that when the car had been on a long run and stopped it would'nt fire up as soon as it normally does. It was only an occasional thing so did'nt let it concern me, but I just went up to the lakes for a few days and while up there I stopped off in a petrol station and when I went to restart it, it would'nt fire up at all. I phoned the aa after a few atempts and gave it ten minutes and gave it another go. It fired up as normal so I cancelled the aa and went on my way, I came back today with no issues but thought I'd see if any of you guys know what the issue may be.
Thanks in advance Dave
Starting issues
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Re: Starting issues
could be many things- what engine does it have?
1.416v 04 authentique pearl black
Re: Starting issues
Hi, its the 1.4 on an 03 plate.
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Re: Starting issues
if you search my posts i had similar problems.......the best thing to do first is get the throttle body cleaned...
this is a useful thing as 1.4s have a tendency to clog up here, affecting fuel air mixture....then TDC sensor, coolant sensor....best thing to do is get a good local mechanic to see what he thinks, its expensive to trial and error it as some of these things dont show up on diagnostic.....
but throttle body just costs an hours labour...(dont pay renault prices tho!!!!)
i had loads done, throttle body made biggest difference!!!!
this is a useful thing as 1.4s have a tendency to clog up here, affecting fuel air mixture....then TDC sensor, coolant sensor....best thing to do is get a good local mechanic to see what he thinks, its expensive to trial and error it as some of these things dont show up on diagnostic.....
but throttle body just costs an hours labour...(dont pay renault prices tho!!!!)
i had loads done, throttle body made biggest difference!!!!
1.416v 04 authentique pearl black
Re: Starting issues
Cheers for the advice, I chopped in an old fiesta for it that was faultless for two years so at the moment I am seriously considering getting rid. I dare say I'll be a bit more positive once I have it looked at though
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