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(Message started by: mike_walsh on Oct 18^th, 2006, 9:30pm)

Title: 24v wont fire and start
Post by mike_walsh on Oct 18^th, 2006, 9:30pm

hi mike walsh here
just tried to start car after battery has been disconnected for three weeks while electric drivers seat was taken out for some repairs. engine will turnover but no sign of it firing at all

also i think i can hear fuel pump or evap system chugging away all the time. used to make some noise for a couple of seconds when you switch on ignition but now carries on doing this .. is there something i need to reset ?? any ideas??

Title: Re: 24v wont fire and start
Post by hellblue on Oct 18^th, 2006, 9:40pm

Is the pats light flashing a code?? but the next quick check is did you put all the wires back on the battery the small earth lead is easy to miss as it drops down !!

Title: Re: 24v wont fire and start
Post by clarkster on Oct 18^th, 2006, 9:46pm

I agree with hellblue, had exactly the same with my XR2i once and i too had failed to connect a lead to the battery. took me a week to sus that one! Doh!

Title: Re: 24v wont fire and start
Post by Highlander on Oct 18^th, 2006, 10:49pm

Fuel cut off switch in the boot?
Throttle stuck open? (WOT)
Battery fully charged and in good condition?
Petrol? Sounds like its trying to pump continuously and not get anything