Ok cars been fine for a long while, not one problem at all, now summer is here we are starting to see the RST Fixem daily, i do all my checks before i drive the car, one thing thats bugging the hell out of me.. i mean enuff to get the hammer out


so problem is : starting

As said been fine all along, Now im having starting problems,
I have had the engine rebuilt just after xmas and a new head gaskit 4months ago, so its not inernal problems. first off, when cold it used to take two attempts to start, which it always did on the second go. Now, Its been playing up a bit more since then, I know what it is, As it does start with some fiddeling... and not in the good way .

Ok now you know the problem, i can tell you what i think the solution is and how i get it running after it just turners over... rather than fire up.

Ok then, so if i remove the plugs ''both'' and then replace them, colour to colour, >> Blue to blue << >> brown to brown >> it sometimes fires, then sometimes dont. wiggle it a little and then walla, Were away..

Now i wanna make sure there correct, Also they are not a tight fit, so u can easly pull them off.. this a problem in its self?

Lets have ya! C'mon tell me im a daft rs owner

 

Sound like coincidence to me... Unless I'm daft too LOL

 

the blue plug is the cold start injector/valve plug, if the car has problems starting from cold sometimes you can discconnect this plug and leave it off and the car will start due to the rich mixture the car runs from idle.

 

As morph says, you can leave the blue one disconnected. The brown one needs to be on or the car will overfuel hugely.

Rick.

 

Sounds like a cold start problem to me. your valve might be knackered or the wiring

 

As said, had exactly this on my S2. Used to dicsconnect the plug and it started fine. When I got bored of that, replaced the valve and it was fine.

Next time it won't start disconnect that blue plug and give it slight throttle as you turn it over. If it fires straight up valve will be the problem.