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James Johnson
TryHard
Auckland
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Thursday, November 12, 2009 - 03:53 pm, by:  James Johnson (Jimbo) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Hey guys this morning when leaving work my car would not start. It is turning over but just not firing and when it does finally start it has a bit of a rough idle. It is when I leave it sitting for a long period of time, say 3 hours or so and I know that is nothing to do with fuel as the pump sprayed fuel all over the engine bay to find out if it was the pump or lines so I have a funny feeling that it is electrical. To get it to start I have to be turning it over then give it a bit of throttle and most of the time it fires but it should not need any throttle at all and fire up by its self.

Has any one had this problem before? Does any one know the solution?

Any other questions just ask as that's pretty much it off the top of my head.
Jol Alexander
DieHard
Vic
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Thursday, November 12, 2009 - 08:59 pm, by:  Jol Alexander (Courage) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Any chance it's your battery dieing?
James Johnson
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Friday, November 13, 2009 - 02:17 pm, by:  James Johnson (Jimbo) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Cant be, the battery is only 8 or so months old.
Jol Alexander
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Friday, November 13, 2009 - 02:39 pm, by:  Jol Alexander (Courage) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

indeed?
Peter Nitschke
Junk Filterer
South Australia
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Friday, November 13, 2009 - 02:43 pm, by:  Peter Nitschke (Pen) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

So is there a law that batteries aren't allowed to fail while under warranty?
Jol Alexander
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Friday, November 13, 2009 - 02:48 pm, by:  Jol Alexander (Courage) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Apparantly :-)
Darryn Dewar
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Saturday, November 14, 2009 - 11:43 am, by:  Darryn Dewar (Mrphreak) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Caps in the ECU?
James Johnson
TryHard
Auckland
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Saturday, November 14, 2009 - 12:19 pm, by:  James Johnson (Jimbo) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)


Darryn Dewar wrote on Saturday, November 14, 2009 - 11:43 am:

Caps in the ECU?




Good point, will get a magnifying glass out when I get home from work and crack open the ecu.

Bear in mind that the ecu and trans has done nearly 338000kms so I would not be suprised if it is ecu.
Darryn Dewar
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Saturday, November 14, 2009 - 01:34 pm, by:  Darryn Dewar (Mrphreak) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

If it's the cap I'm thinking of, you probably won't need a magnifying glass, C507 on the top board from memory

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