Evening, I've got an series 2 rs turbo which is struggling to start, seems to be an intermitant problem though. The car cranks over fine and some times it will go straight away other times it takes some real effort to get it firing, when it finally does go in seems to run on 3 for a couple seconds then its all fine.
When she is running it runs fine theres no smoke coming out and it doesnt miss a beat, Just seems to be the inital start.
Anyone got any ideas where i should start looking?
Cheers

 

How long ago was it since it has had a good service? always start with the basics first? could be a lead on the way out.

 

Is it only from cold? I had similar problem was a nightmare to start first thing but once it had been run was fine for rest of the day traced the fault to cold start valve

 

been stored in a garage for sometime
Yer only from cold or if i leave it for a couple of hours, I've just been out in it now, stopped turned it off and it started straight on the button.
When its cold and wont go it's like its slow to prime fuel.

 

I would personally start with a good service mate and rule out any silly problems like crap HT leads or dizzy cap on its way out.

 

As above don't over look the obvious, decent set of plugs will help, I managed to get another cold start valve from my local breakers cured the prob for me there are numorous threads on here with cold start issues testing and solutions might me worth a read to you if this helps hope you get it sorted

 

Unplug the cold start valve and see if it still does it

 

I did have a look for threads before i put this up but came up with nothing useful, i'll try have another search now. Gotta be honest this is my first rst, i've had a couple of fords before but didnt really work on cars back then so i've gotta find my way round it. 200sx's and pug 205's i know well

 

Mine does this, but only ever if left for half hour or more after getting up to temp.

I'm due a setup on new engine so hoping once its set properly and CO adjusted it'll be fine. It was fine before rebuild.