chrisg
Member
Dear All,
Here's a conundrum if ever I was presented with one !
Trackday 7th March -can ran fine and didn't miss a beat.
Several trips to work and back w/c 8th of March. Then put away in garage for ~ 8 days as running low on fuel and budgets tight.
Went to start the car on Saturday, no response - turned over but wouldn't fire. Thought to myself, ahh running a bit a low on juice I'll put ~ 10L of Tesco 99 in it.
Tried again Sat PM, no response. Thought, wonder if the DME relay has gone down ?
Changed this over, car started immediately then ran for ~ 15secs before dying wouldn't start again.
Looked through Clarks and found the DME relay jumper instructions, tried this, car ran again for ~ 15secs then died again.
Eventually, (much to my embarassment/ annoyance) called the RAC. Possibly the most helpful RAC patrolman ever (particularly on a rainy Saturday eve.) tried a number of things but found:
Fuel at the rail but no pulse to the injectors
No spark at the plugs
So, where do i go from here ?
Could it be:
Hall sensors/ rpm/position sensors that have gone off or moved ?
Fault with the DME unit which has fried itself/ disintegrated ?
Intermittment issues/ problems with the immobiliser ?
Your thoughts, comments and experience very gratefully received ?[
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Here's a conundrum if ever I was presented with one !
Trackday 7th March -can ran fine and didn't miss a beat.
Several trips to work and back w/c 8th of March. Then put away in garage for ~ 8 days as running low on fuel and budgets tight.
Went to start the car on Saturday, no response - turned over but wouldn't fire. Thought to myself, ahh running a bit a low on juice I'll put ~ 10L of Tesco 99 in it.
Tried again Sat PM, no response. Thought, wonder if the DME relay has gone down ?
Changed this over, car started immediately then ran for ~ 15secs before dying wouldn't start again.
Looked through Clarks and found the DME relay jumper instructions, tried this, car ran again for ~ 15secs then died again.
Eventually, (much to my embarassment/ annoyance) called the RAC. Possibly the most helpful RAC patrolman ever (particularly on a rainy Saturday eve.) tried a number of things but found:
Fuel at the rail but no pulse to the injectors
No spark at the plugs
So, where do i go from here ?
Could it be:
Hall sensors/ rpm/position sensors that have gone off or moved ?
Fault with the DME unit which has fried itself/ disintegrated ?
Intermittment issues/ problems with the immobiliser ?
Your thoughts, comments and experience very gratefully received ?[