Starting Problem

chelvdog · 29-06-2005, 09:22 AM

My god damned car is giving me the s again! Sometimes I go to start it, and it nearly fires, but then doesn't. If I try to start it again, it just cranks, but doesn't fire. I checked my leads with a multimeter, they are fine. The plugs are a 10,000kms old & look like the cars been running a little rich but I will replace them tomorrow. Air filter (stocky) could do with replacing as well. Once the car does start (usually with accelerator pushed to the floor) it obviously lets out a hell of a fuel smell.
Any ideas what can be causing this starting problem?? Could it be the plugs? Is it even possible for ECU cars to flood when they are cranked over just the once? Anything else I should look for that might be causing the problem?

EA2BA · 29-06-2005, 09:31 AM

My car started to do this, I checked the TPS it was sitting on 1.5volts at closed throttle, should be 1.0v with a max of 4.5v at WOT, the other sympton in my case was also gearbox shunt/hard down shift when coming to a stop.

chelvdog · 29-06-2005, 09:39 AM

I'm not getting the gearbox shunt at all. How did you rectify the problem?? Apart from the occassional starting problem, the car runs like a dream. I was thinking it could be the coil, but the car is doing nothing else to suggest the coil is on the way out.

EA1191 · 05-07-2005, 11:54 AM

If the accelerator is pushed to the floor in an EA the INJECTORS do not fire and the engine is cleared (from the manual). Leaking injectors? There is pressure in the fuel line when the engine is stopped. MAP?

1TUFEA · 02-08-2005, 10:29 PM

i have this problem now and i cant figure it out at all drives me nut anyone else got ideas im in the same boat changed leads got new plugs its got spark and only does it when the car is at correct operating temperature when its cold it starts fine

1TUFEA · 02-08-2005, 10:32 PM

also my temp gets pretty high to i busted a heater hose today got that fixed and its temp rises very quickly my car is and ea mpfi

1TUFEA · 03-08-2005, 10:10 AM

so all you guys mean to tell me is that you dont know or have never had this prolem before

EA1191 · 04-08-2005, 11:37 AM

To diagnose a problem, lots of information is needed.
Reminds me of a joke which had a line where the patient tells the Doctor "I feel crook"
Does it idle well, hot and cold?. Is it a cold start problem, or any start?. Is the acceleration and power normal?. Have you done a diagnostic code test?
There would be others needed which would be asked by someone familiar with the car.
Maybe those who would know do not read this site.

!Gn|T|0n · 04-08-2005, 12:51 PM

Try removing the charcoal canister purge line and blocking it off. Is the fault more evident in the heat?

EA1191 · 06-08-2005, 10:56 AM

There have been many posts about hot start problems and one problem can be the connections to the TFI ignition control unit on the distributor.
The EA has a system which stops the fuel pump from running when the hot engine has been stopped. It depends on the valves in the fuel system holding enough pressure to fire the injectors to start the engine.
The injectors could leak and this residual pressure could flood the engine.
A flooded engine can be cleared by holding the accelerator to the floor when cranking (in the manual)
If the valves in the pump, or the pressure regulator, are leaking the engine is not easy to start and this may be because the coolant sensor has to be cooled by cooler water from the bottom of the radiator being pumped to the sensor at the top?
My EA has this problem of leaking valves in the fuel system. It is intermittent which indicates dirt in the fuel lodging in the valves.
The way I solved my problem was by manually closing the relay to override the computer and make the pump run.
A lamp has been fitted across the pump terminals to signal that power is at the pump when the ignition key is turned.
The posts would be in the FordForums.