hi just bought a 3 door its got a 4x4 engine loom ecu etc... in it its running great just doesnt seem to have any sort of cold start on it, when i first start i have to hold it about 2k rpm for a minute or so otherwise its very spluttery and cuts out but once its been running a couple of minutes it fine, what should i check first? its been stood for pretty much 2 years having only covered 342 miles in that time its had new plugs by the way

 

Sounds like the ISCV isn't working. Remove it and clean the bit that pretrudes into the manifold with brake cleaner or similar solvent, they get gunked up over time and fail, especially if parked up for some time.

 

cheers mate ill give it a go tommorow would that cause the management light to stay on for a minute or too also? as it intermittently does that as well allthough in past 3 days it has been started/ stopped a lot while ive been moving it round the workshop so could be summat like that i know even a lot of modern cars get confused when doing this at work lol!

 

As it's been stood I would invest in a new fuel filter, as well as fresh fuel, give it a few miles to get used to being used again first, might settle down, then check the CO according to the chip maker, confused as to why it has a management light working as didn't think L8(4wd) had this feature ?
tabetha

 

im going to give it a full service cambelt etc.. this weekend anyway mate before i take it on the road then my plan was to be gentle for first hundred miles or so anyway then its going to motorsport developments for a full checkover as for management light its gone off now going to check the ecu as im just presuming its 4wd as the car has 4wd, 4wd engine and 4wd loom

 

A fuelling check is a good idea, on any car when modded, at least to start with, if it hasn't got a rewired fan loom and a rewired fuel pump loom, I would do these first, as they need doing anyway due to age/deterioration of the wiring, just save you a little bit if you do them first.
tabetha

 

cheers mate they are also on my to do list before she goes on the road