Hi,

I am hoping someone can shed a light on possible solutions to this:

W reg ford fiesta 1.3.

Runs perfectly when started cold, no odd engine sounds,nothing to worry about.

If I stop the engine then 50% of the time it won't restart. The engine fires and turns over a few times and then slowly dies over 2-8 seconds. The next time I try to start it it turns over a little bit less. The engine is firing - my gut instint is that there is no fuel getting to the engine, that is what it sounds like to me.

If I leave the car for some time (normally 1 hour+) it restarts perfectly.

Things that have been tried:

1. Fuel relay - not sure what this is, but it was changed!

2. cut off - this doesn't seem likely as the engine still fires and I believe this would also cut off the current to the spark plugs?

3. Battery - checked and seems ok. Tried starting car during *won't start* time using jump leads to check. Still wouldn't start

Can anyone suggest anything?

Many thanks for your time,

Morsey