Starting problem on 940 Sport - Page 2

narc · May 30th, 2011, 14:37

Ignition side is all new and working perfectly (less than eight weeks since I replaced the entire ignition side including a new crank position monitor). The problem was definitely an electronic fuel issue (no smell of flooding no matter how much I cranked the engine and with fuel definitely reaching the rail, spark plugs dry). Car has been running perfectly since it restarted and I have sprayed all the connectors I can see with leccy contact cleaner and sealed with Holts damp start (the stuff that gives you a kind of plastic seal over the connector) and the problem has not yet come back, so it may have been water getting into somewhere delicate. In the old days this would not have made me nervous as water getting into the ignition side of the old mini was a regular occurance and I carried what I neded to fix it wherever it happened, my concern on the 940 is that it is a symptom of something major (i.e. ECU) failing which when it goes next time will not self heal as it seems to have done now.
Watch this space!

Best Regards

Ian

rogerthechorister · May 30th, 2011, 15:18

Presumably therefore you were getting no clicking from the injectors. That's a definite clue!

May 30th, 2011, 15:18	#12
rogerthechorister Rogerthechorister Last Online: Dec 16th, 2023 02:15 Join Date: May 2006 Location: Rochester	Ah! Presumably therefore you were getting no clicking from the injectors. That's a definite clue!

May 30th, 2011, 14:37	#11
narc Junior Member Last Online: Jul 19th, 2013 12:53 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Aberdeen	Ignition side is all new and working perfectly (less than eight weeks since I replaced the entire ignition side including a new crank position monitor). The problem was definitely an electronic fuel issue (no smell of flooding no matter how much I cranked the engine and with fuel definitely reaching the rail, spark plugs dry). Car has been running perfectly since it restarted and I have sprayed all the connectors I can see with leccy contact cleaner and sealed with Holts damp start (the stuff that gives you a kind of plastic seal over the connector) and the problem has not yet come back, so it may have been water getting into somewhere delicate. In the old days this would not have made me nervous as water getting into the ignition side of the old mini was a regular occurance and I carried what I neded to fix it wherever it happened, my concern on the 940 is that it is a symptom of something major (i.e. ECU) failing which when it goes next time will not self heal as it seems to have done now. Watch this space! Best Regards Ian

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