Engine Problems

[Jos]

I'm not very "in-the-know" about engines unfortunately.

My SRi fails to start basically.
It turns over but never quite catches.
When it rarely does start, it raises to its idling revs then looses them, and cuts out.

I have checked all my spark plugs, as I think I had damp somewhere in my ignition system (the HT leads were sparking onto the engine) and switched my Distributor Cap. After this the engine started and ran normally, 6 hours later the problem has started again.

Recently before this problem started, when moving the engine would stutter, and sometimes stall itself, usually when I change gears but not always.

Can anyone shed some light on this? :?
I would really appreciate it

[vinny1684]

did you change the rotor arm aswell?

[Jos]

no, I cleaned it and placed the original back on

[F188CHG]

Sound like another nakered fuel pump m8 very comon on sr's
not sure if its the same setup on the sri dose it have a mechanical pump?

[Jos]

does it have a mechanical pump?

I wouldn't know without going to look at the car, but its currently stranded at a friends house and I won't be able to get to it until the weekend :lol:

[Adam]

SRi is electronic pump, only carb engines have mech pumps.

[Jos]

SRi is electronic pump, only carb engines have mech pumps.

As I would of guessed.

If anyone has an idea what this might be, or someone that knows about these "things" could find the time to talk to me on msn/pm or on here I would really appreciate it. This is my only car, and I've come to rely on it heavily :?

My msn email is jackassedjos@hotmail.com

Cheers,
Jos

[Jos]

Oh, I do have an immobilisor. I don't think that is the problem, but perhaps?

I recently put a GSi dashboard in the car, and I the problems started then.

When I first started the car after putting the dash in, it wouldn't hold its revs. Only when I put it into gear and moved it a foot or so would it do so. Coinsidence?

[rudeboy69r]

try the igition modual. mine did that and it was that,that was feced.try it anyway.a new one costs bout 20 quid

[Jos]

The Haynes manual mentiones the fuel filter... and in the recent weeks my fuel pump/filter/something else nearby has been making strange noises so perhaps its that!

[Will F]

Change the fuel pump relay, sounds like a fuelling issue.

The pump will also make strange noises if it is startved of fuel or on its way out.

[leemh1234]

when i was driving along in my gsi it just cut out for no reason.i changed the ecu,air flow meter,coil everything i had spares for then found out it was a ?30 fuel pump relay that caused so much head scratching.

have you trapped any wires when u put the gsi dash in?.
Hope that helps mate

[Jos]

thanks all. I don't think I trapped any wires Lee, although its hard to say.

[leemh1234]

it maybe worth having alook

[Aragorn]

could be crank sensor too

[gurkin_sri]

had the same problem with my sri ..endid up being the fuel relay