(09-08-2023, 02:59 PM)piroska Wrote: Spark fine.How long did you let the engine run before "trying again"?
Not flooding.
Yes it goes eventually and isn't running on 3 or anything. But try again and same thing.
Petrol not diesel.
It er does this sputter , well not quite. Whuff, whuff, whuff. try again, all the while the starter is doing is usual rrrr ok. But whuff whuff, finally after ages, Vroooom....
The starting issue I mentioned above is like an ECU related anti-flooding protection that has got out of step because the engine hadn't been running for long enough to reset this function. My car dealer mate was having it happen to cars that had been shifted in his sales yard, and then shut down after a minute or so running. The starting procedure was disrupted even if the car had then been left for as long as days afterward so it took him a while to figure out why some cars became bad starters for no apparent reason.