A Classic starting problem

i shall try that on the way to this afternoons surf....

cheers,

Ray

I find that my 98 V8i disco does this occasionaly. I have also noticed that when slowing down to a set of lights or something the idle drops quite low and it feels like its going to cut out (it did once). I asked Graeme at Graeme Cooper Auto and his first thought was the fuel pump, he told me to check the electrical connections coming from the pump. I will be doing that next week some time, I'll keep ya posted.

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Originally Posted by markyc

My MY97 V8i does it too now. Since new (to me, 8 months) it fired before I could let go of the key but lately it'll crank 4-5 secs without attempting to fire. Have new leads and have just bought Lucas button & cap (ouch). Will advise if there's an improvement when fitted.

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Fitted them. No difference:mad: $110 down the pan:mad: :mad:
Didn't want to buy beer this weekend anyway:(

My dad had a 91 disco V8 (3.5L). It became quite difficult to start after sitting for a week. You could wind and wind it over nothing, let go of the key and it would fire. Once it actually ran about 2 turns backwards after letting go of the key. Replaced the battery and it was started first turn. Anyway my point is not that it wasn't turning fast enough but that the voltage was dropping low enough that the computer would turn off. (about 10V). As soon as we stopped cranking voltage comes up and away it would go.

Perhaps something similar is happening here.

Wind it over computer is off no fuel goes in. When you let go of the key computer manages to put a couple of squirts in.

The second time you try and crank the fuel is there it lights up you let go off the key and away it goes.

Just a wild theory but who knows.:D

WR.