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Car struggling to start on cold mornings...
Posted: Sun Nov 27, 2005 4:59 pm
by Darthmal86
Today I tried starting the car and it wouldn't start for about 5mins. It was struggling and then eventually started. what could the problem be and how can i make sure it wont happen again??
thanks.
Re: Car struggling to start on cold mornings...
Posted: Sun Nov 27, 2005 5:24 pm
by bstardchild
Darthmal86 wrote:Today I tried starting the car and it wouldn't start for about 5mins. It was struggling and then eventually started. what could the problem be and how can i make sure it wont happen again??
thanks.
Battery best case - starter motor worst case
Posted: Sun Nov 27, 2005 6:16 pm
by david burton
it sounds odd, but you could have confused the ecu and flooded the motor - did it start for a beat or two then conk out? I did this in the bird's car - and it took an age to start after that
Posted: Sun Nov 27, 2005 9:59 pm
by JarnoVWPolo6N
If it has frosen at night, you engine will be frosen to, and the mixture of gasoline and air in your inletmanifold will not be 'optimal' for cumbustion in your engine, so starting will take a bit longer then during summers, but if it takes really long (like your 5 minutes) better check the power of your battery first, and maybe get a new one. Or use some sand paper on the poles of your battery (where your car is 'clipped on' to get the electric juice), to make sure there's no rust or anything on it, which decreases the transfer of power from your battery to your startermotor.
Other than that, if your sparkplugs are old, this will 'dealy' your starting a bit too, just as 'kinked' sparkplugcables. In 95% of the cases of bad starting during winters it's al in the ignition to get your engine going.
Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2005 10:58 am
by Darthmal86
david burton wrote:it sounds odd, but you could have confused the ecu and flooded the motor - did it start for a beat or two then conk out? I did this in the bird's car - and it took an age to start after that
yea this is exactl;y the problem. first time it started for about 2 seconds, then turned off, then trying to start it again it just woudln't start like it was struggling, then after a while it started?? how did you fix the problem.
thanks
Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2005 12:27 pm
by david burton
best to walk away from the car for 5 mins - let the petrol evaporate. then try again.
no way to fix it really, just a one-off occurance.