My xe started and ran a few miles today, then sat for 30 minutes or so and wouldn't start at all. I turned it over and over, checked connections etc. Left it for 30 minutes whilst went to my mates to get his car to jump start it. Still nothing.
Decided to tow it home, whilst close to home tried tow starting, it eventually went but was very poor and wouldn't rev. After about 5 mins the idle went down to normal (was about 2K at first) and it started revving fine. Drove it into the drive, switched it off and restarted-no pproblems.
Yesterday was very heavy rain here so is it dampness perhaps in the spark plug bits, today running for a few miles the heat of the engine moves the water higher therefore shorting out the leads....a cure being a can of dampstart tomorrow-or...
is there another reason? The high idle once it initially started going?
Any help would be appreciated, I thought I was past breakdowns