Hot starting problems
09-01-2005, 01:56 AM
#1
Hot starting problems
Got this really annoying problem 
When the car is cold it will start first time, but when it is warm it really struggles to start.
It will normally go second or third time if it will go at all.
I have had the car set up, but no difference.
Its pretty much standard other than a chip.
Tried changing plugs etc but made no difference.
Also if you leave it ticking over for a while it fouls the plugs up and when turned off it wont start at all.
Any help would be apreciated.
Oh and the car is a 88 Escort RS Turbo if that makes any difference.
When the car is cold it will start first time, but when it is warm it really struggles to start.
It will normally go second or third time if it will go at all.
I have had the car set up, but no difference.
Its pretty much standard other than a chip.
Tried changing plugs etc but made no difference.
Also if you leave it ticking over for a while it fouls the plugs up and when turned off it wont start at all.
Any help would be apreciated.
Oh and the car is a 88 Escort RS Turbo if that makes any difference.
10-01-2005, 08:59 PM
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starter motor getting too hot?
is it turning over or just dead?
I had an old xr that when it was warm it wudnt start, let the fan cut in then it wud be fine
is it turning over or just dead?
I had an old xr that when it was warm it wudnt start, let the fan cut in then it wud be fine
13-01-2005, 02:54 AM
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Forgot to say, starter motor is a brand new diesel one and the car turns over and tries to go but just doesn't go.
It doesn't run a coil pack mate.
Fans work fine mate, also mine are on a switch just incase i get stuck in traffic i can cut them in early
Originally Posted by BigAL
Mine turned out to be the coilpack.
Originally Posted by joo5t
common problem ?
i have just made a switch on my fan so i can always turn it on when driving fast.
i have just made a switch on my fan so i can always turn it on when driving fast.
13-01-2005, 08:14 PM
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i got this problem also on my S2...
starts fine cold once warm'd up wont start again... only if i bump it
gonna get new starter motor and coilpack hope all is better after
starts fine cold once warm'd up wont start again... only if i bump it
gonna get new starter motor and coilpack hope all is better after
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14-01-2005, 10:06 PM
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as it been set up by somebody who knows what they are doing.
If it keeps fouling plugs up that means it is rich, maybe so rich it finds it hard to fire.
When i first baught my rs it was a pig to start, because it was rich, suppose to have had a so called specialist look at it but he could not find problem.
The problem was the air flow meter position was wrong, it was too far down causing it to overfuel.
Set sensor plate, reset co's ran and started fine.
If it keeps fouling plugs up that means it is rich, maybe so rich it finds it hard to fire.
When i first baught my rs it was a pig to start, because it was rich, suppose to have had a so called specialist look at it but he could not find problem.
The problem was the air flow meter position was wrong, it was too far down causing it to overfuel.
Set sensor plate, reset co's ran and started fine.
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