I got my car about 2 weeks ago. It started fine every time during the first week. At the start of this week it refused to start after I'd driven for about 10 minutes and then turned the engine off.
It has done this little trick about 4 or 5 times now, and usually starts after a few attempts.
Today it took me a good 5 minutes to start the thing. I'd driven for about half an hour, turned it off and returned about 2 hours later. It worked fine, I drove for all of 2 minutes before returning and turning off the engine again.
When I tried to start it the starter motor and battery were making the effort to get it started, all the lights were coming on fine and the fuel was flowing (yes I was careful to try to avoid flooding the engine during my attempts lol). I tried turning the choke on on a few attempts using the throttle control but that did nothing.
Eventually I rolled the car back a bit and gave it a break, and it started with a bit of rocking the car and pushing the throttle right down.
It has this problem on flat ground as well, so I'm completely stumped. All the oil levels etc are fine, and it passed its MOT just a few days before I bought it.
Any ideas?!
It has done this little trick about 4 or 5 times now, and usually starts after a few attempts.
Today it took me a good 5 minutes to start the thing. I'd driven for about half an hour, turned it off and returned about 2 hours later. It worked fine, I drove for all of 2 minutes before returning and turning off the engine again.
When I tried to start it the starter motor and battery were making the effort to get it started, all the lights were coming on fine and the fuel was flowing (yes I was careful to try to avoid flooding the engine during my attempts lol). I tried turning the choke on on a few attempts using the throttle control but that did nothing.
Eventually I rolled the car back a bit and gave it a break, and it started with a bit of rocking the car and pushing the throttle right down.
It has this problem on flat ground as well, so I'm completely stumped. All the oil levels etc are fine, and it passed its MOT just a few days before I bought it.
Any ideas?!