Rover 45 (1999 - 2005) - 00 1.8 Never starts first time/stalls on Drive

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Wed 29 Apr 2009 15:37
00 1.8 Never starts first time/stalls on Drive - Bessie
I have a year 2000 Rover 45 Automatic which I bought 18 months ago. It?s suffered from the same fault since I bought it: it rarely starts first time, needing between 2 and 10 attempts to turn the engine over before it will start. Then, once the engine is running, it stalls as soon as I put the car into Drive. Once I?ve been through that whole routine at the start of the day, it?s fine. I took it back to the garage a few times after buying it, but they always claimed it started for them, so they couldn?t diagnose the problem. Does anyone have any idea what the problem might be?
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Wed 29 Apr 2009 18:03
00 1.8 Never starts first time/stalls on Drive - Armitage Shanks {p}
Take it back to the garage and let them keep it overnight and then they can cold start it the next morning.
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