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Old 21-03-2012, 07:51 PM
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Hi all my saff cossie died on the way home tonight , was fine this morning and was driving home fine but started to die on a roundabout (felt like fuel startvation)but caught it on the throttle ,a mile later it stopped altogether.
gor it recovered home and had a look has a good spark, and fuel getting through but just turns over, did fire up once but run very lumpy then died and is now resting in the garden . Any ideas please ??????
Old 21-03-2012, 08:23 PM
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Fuel pump?
Old 21-03-2012, 08:35 PM
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The pump primes and the plugs are getting wet .

Just tried it again and started fine and ran well, although idleing higher than normal , left it running for 5 mins then switched it off , tried again and nothing just turning over .
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check/ change the usual's, crank/phase map sensors, dizzy cap and rotor arm ,plugs and get the fuel pressure checked


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Old 21-03-2012, 08:48 PM
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Hi Steve , the plugs are new ( also tried old ones ) cap and arm look good , has a gauge on fuel showing 3 bar when cranking ( if that sounds right )
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Had to use my old oil burner today and leave the Cossie at home , any ideas please ?
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Talk to martiesmartie on here he seems to no his stuff on cossies
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Thank you , I've sent him a pm.
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After running a few checks pulse sensor / cps and map sensor my last point of call was the temp sensor ! Which was unplugged some numpty had lost the metal securing clip and it simply slid off !

Bit of a clean and new clip and fired straight up

Big Thanks martiesmartie for the pm
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