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Wed 25 Dec 2002 13:52
Starting probs - Martin Wall
Hi - car usually starts first time but for the past two days the following has happened:

Turn ignition - click, whirr - and CD player ejects CD!!
Try again - click whirr
Try again this time pressing accelerator - click whirr
And again - click whirr
Finally try again - this time flooring the accelerator right into the carpet - car starts fine - in fact if I then turn it off straightaway I can immediately restart it no bother..

Anyway - I got the battery checked out (car is about 5.5 yrs old) and it was a bit ropey so I got a new one and I'll see if that fixes the problem - question is do the starting probs sound battery related - why would flooring the accelerator help? Fuel starvation?

Cheers
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Wed 25 Dec 2002 18:05
Starting probs - Dave_TD
CD player will spit disc out if voltage drops to zero, probably just battery but the rest of the engine may not be in tip top condition anyway!
What kind of car is it? What engine, how many miles, how long since last serviced?

HJ - Wouldn't a 5yr old car have electronics to sort out the fuel/air mixture automatically? I didn't think you could flood them. Mind you, I've never owned a catalyst petrol car, by the time I could afford one I'd already gone diesel...
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Wed 25 Dec 2002 18:48
Starting probs - Martin Wall
...it's a 1.3 petrol (55k miles) and it is very much overdue a service - it's supposed to be serviced every 9k miles and it hasn't had a service for about 18k miles - I know, I know!!

Anyway I'll find out tomorrow morning if the battery fixes the problem and then get the damn thing serviced soonish!
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