Trouble starting

[Paul-S15R]

Hi guys,

I've noticed that the car takes a while to fire up, sometimes it barely manages to. Do you think a change of spark plugs will help this?

Thanks,

Paul.

 

[Nicely]

Worth a try :nod:

Can you smell petrol at startup?

 

[Yakozan]

You could try a new battery too. Or charge the one you've got.

 

[MazzyMan]

Not sure for climates other than where I live in but the coils do burn out very easily.

Yes...changing plugs might just help.

 

[Nicely]

I'd expect running problems too if it was coils...

 

[Yakozan]

I've experienced the same thing. Didn't do anything about it though as the car always started on the forst attempt. It took a couple of seconds. But it always started. Tried a new battery a couple of months ago and it sounded much better.

 

[Paul-S15R]

Thanks for the suggestions guys.

New battery, plugs and coil packs. Gonna be pricy!

 

[Nicely]

I'd go for just the battery and plugs initially. Not bad things to change on a newly imported car. Remember that the battery would have been allowed to go flat for six weeks on a boat, and you don't know when the plugs were last changed.

 

[MazzyMan]

A hair line crack in the coils gave me problems but it never happened all the time.

Our climate here is HOT.

 

[Paul-S15R]

Im wondering whether to go one step or two steps colder for my car. I read somewhere two steps is a good option but I feel its a little extreme?

Currently at 0.8 bar, but once fuelling is checked would like to have the option of 1.2.

 

[Nicely]

At the mo you only need 6 or 7s on 1.2 bar (and all the accompanying mods), you should go for 8s.