tracybacon
Member
Hi, I have a sorry tale but I'll keep it brief. I had to have a recon engine fitted about 4 months ago. When I picked it up the car wouldn't start and he had it for another 2 weeks 'sorting it out', during the run in period there was some slight hesitation when cold but nothing alarming. Now that the 500 mile oil change has been done and I have been driving it normally I have had the following problems:
. non-starting, cranking over 6 - 7 times would eventually start with a cough and splutter
. Ran ok except under acceleration when there was definite hesitancy, once running though it never cut out
. then, non-starting and when started ran for a bit (on , 3 cyl) then stopped, finally coughing into life
. finally turning over and not starting.
The slight hesitancy was over a period of a couple of months but the escalation to the final point was rapid over a couple of weeks. Back to the same garage and all he has done is put on diagnostics which has told him faulty No 1 injector which he wants to replace a £#,###? dont know yet but is going to be expensive. My questions:
Can one faulty injector really stop the car from starting at all, would it not cough and splutter and try to run on 2 cyl?
If the fuel filter and pump etc are OK but its not firing up would it not reak of fuel?
Does the above sound like a typical pattern of a failure of an injector?
Anyone know where you can get reconditioned ones?
Hope someone can advise, thanks v much
. non-starting, cranking over 6 - 7 times would eventually start with a cough and splutter
. Ran ok except under acceleration when there was definite hesitancy, once running though it never cut out
. then, non-starting and when started ran for a bit (on , 3 cyl) then stopped, finally coughing into life
. finally turning over and not starting.
The slight hesitancy was over a period of a couple of months but the escalation to the final point was rapid over a couple of weeks. Back to the same garage and all he has done is put on diagnostics which has told him faulty No 1 injector which he wants to replace a £#,###? dont know yet but is going to be expensive. My questions:
Can one faulty injector really stop the car from starting at all, would it not cough and splutter and try to run on 2 cyl?
If the fuel filter and pump etc are OK but its not firing up would it not reak of fuel?
Does the above sound like a typical pattern of a failure of an injector?
Anyone know where you can get reconditioned ones?
Hope someone can advise, thanks v much