Bravo 1.4sx problem

[Steven742]

I have a bravo 1.4sx 98(s) and im having some problems with it. When I get in the car in the morning to drive and turn the igintion the car will always start up, although sometimes it will fire up staight away and other times it may take a few seconds.

The problem is sometimes when I go on relitively short journeys and I turn off the iginition and leave the car for a short period of time and then try to turn the igntion on it won't fire up and the only way to get the car going is to jump the car off.

Also for the first time today after i'd been on a journey and restarted the ingnition it took a while to fire up and I had a feeling if I stopped and started again it wouldn't start up so I headed home only to reach a set of busy traffic lights and when I came to a stop the engine just cut out on me and would not restart which was quite embarissing. Again the only way to get the car going was to jump the car off.

The car has had a service and a cambelt change last month.

Could anyone please help me diagnose this problem, as I don't know much about cars.

Thanks In Advance

 

[evo~paul]

I've just got my car back on road only for something else to go wrong, won't go into it........ Basically i have the same problem also, seems to occur more when car is warm/hot.

Basically if the car is stopped and tries to restart immediately, got no chance. Leave it for 30mins try again, after about 7/8 turns it starts, very lumpy though. Leave the car for an hour and the turns comes down to about 4/5, obviously gets better the cooler it gets.

Mine is also a 1.4, i have been informed that maybe is a temperature sensor problem. As this is not my major problem at the mo i haven't had chance to look