Clawhammer Posted March 30, 2008 Share Posted March 30, 2008 Got the car out for a blat today Switched off immobiliser switched on ignition, pressed red button and it span up,fired and died instantly. Did this five or six times, same result. Gave it a bit of throttle and tried again it fired up and died first time started second time and went out on 30 mile run, no problems. Am going to France in 3 weeks and don't want to experience this while away. Anyone got any idea what might have been the cause. car is an 1800 k series superlight verniers timed by Dave Andrews running NGKBCPR7ES plugs.....Standard head. Robin SUPERLIGHT 176. PINK LIPS AND BITS *redface* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tweeky Posted March 30, 2008 Share Posted March 30, 2008 crank sensor? Tweeky In a purple haze Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Williams Posted March 30, 2008 Share Posted March 30, 2008 Might just need a bit of use Robin but it sounds as though all is OK other than it wont idle when cold. Could be a sticky IACV (mine used to do it from time to time) just take it off and clean it with some carb cleaner to see if it solves it. What was wrong with a pair of webbers eh 😬 Adrian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clawhammer Posted March 30, 2008 Author Share Posted March 30, 2008 Hi Adrian Used the car last weekend with no problems and was surprised to experience this today. even with throttle held slightly open the engine still cut out initialy. Plugs are recent replacements for original rover jobies. Still a bit of a Luddite at heart, can't get used to these sensor thingys Give me a clue then, where do i find an IACV. At least I could turn a screw or twist a distributor on the old Xflow Robin SUPERLIGHT 176. PINK LIPS AND BITS *redface* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Williams Posted March 30, 2008 Share Posted March 30, 2008 Robin YHM Adrian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shn7 Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 Immobiliser playing up? If it happens again try resetting the immobiliser. 4 or five presses of either button on the fob. Assume Adrian's YHM has given you details of IACV location. Steve. Sussex (West) AR Not forgetting Percy the Polar Bear Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thinfourth Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 Mine does this occasionally If you have a big red key just switch the whole lot off and back on and it runs fine No idea why but it has been doing this for years Autotesting in Scotland tires provided by Skip motorsport services (Well we pull them out of skips) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Support Team Shaun_E Posted March 31, 2008 Support Team Share Posted March 31, 2008 Robin - another possibility is the coil. Ours failed at Curborough a week ago and Kipper's failed at Llandow on Saturday. Yellow SL #32 - member of Drowned Rat Racing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Durrant Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 Shaun Kipper's problem is linked to the shift lights and not the coil (see thread on Chitchat) Mark D Comp Sec Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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