XE won't start

[Tony M]

Went out to the car today and I cant start it for s**t.
I noticed that everytime I start the car it chugs as if its running on 3 cylinders for the best part of 3ish seconds but it clears itself after,
Checking the spark plugs now and 3 are wet and 1 is dry ?!

Maybe a blocked injector? If so, how easy or how hard are they to take out and clean?

[John]

coolant temp sensor if it's overfuelling.

[Tony M]

coolant temp sensor if it's overfuelling.

But one port is dry mate?

[John]

what are the other three fouled with, fuel?

[Tony M]

what are the other three fouled with, fuel?

Well .... yeah lol

I just presumed that the other 3 would be fouled up because I couldn't initially start the car?

[John]

Well .... yeah lol

I just presumed that the other 3 would be fouled up because I couldn't initially start the car?

quite possible. injectors are an easy swap, swap the suspect injector and see if the misfire transfers.

[Graeme]

If it is an injector you can sometimes bring them back to life by tapping them on the top and bottom on a table etc

[Tony M]

Well .... I did notice that the car wouldn't start if I had the heaters on? :tard: lol It would back fire and i'd be able to bump it but it wouldn't start whilst standing still .... ?

So the heaters are off lol but I just noticed it is only firing on the first and forth port, I changed the rotor arm and the dizzy cap for a new set I had, plus also ht leads and spark plugs but still no luck?

[Nobby]

eml light?

[Tony M]

eml light?

Sorry what does EML mean?

[John]

engine management light

[Tony M]

engine management light

I'll flash the codes tomorrow

[Nobby]

engine managment light, is it wired in? do a flash test?

[Tony M]

engine managment light, is it wired in? do a flash test?

Yes its wired in mate. I'm struggling to do a test at the min because of the rain we have here.