why wont my car start

GROOV3 · petrol head Joined: 04 Oct 2001 Posts: 3682

ok heres the prob in normal weather cold or warm it will start but the other day after school when it was hot it wouldn't start in the end i had to have the pedal to the floor to start it any ideas
could it be i just need a service

peteymate · tinkerer Joined: 15 Aug 2002 Posts: 306

if u had the pedal to the floor you would have ended up flooding it. But i dont know why it wouldnt start. Have u tried all the ignition coil etc.? Hows the battery? Have u serviced the carby?

GROOV3 · petrol head Joined: 04 Oct 2001 Posts: 3682

baterys fine
all connections loked good
i gave it a few goes before with no luck with like hardly any gas just normal lightly on the pedal then wiat and try again in the end i was like this is shit floored it and tryed and it spluttered a bit and just started and yeah mmm smelt liek a alot of petrol
lol
but yeah it seams to only do it when its really hot
no i havn't done anything to the carby or anything

Frederick Stienheld · petrol head Joined: 05 Sep 2002 Posts: 2719

Probably a decent tune would fix the problem. Mixtures, timing, dwell angle etc. Coils can be a bit tempremental like that also...

TUFF_TE · tinkerer Joined: 12 Sep 2002 Posts: 114

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GROOV3 · petrol head Joined: 04 Oct 2001 Posts: 3682

thats what i was thinking just get if fully serviced

tx1975 · tinkerer Joined: 21 May 2002 Posts: 321

i also had this prob in my tx, it wouldnt start when it was sittin in the hot sun all day, a full service didnt help, there was fuel in the carby and all leads were ok. it must be a simple prob just no one has looked into yet. and the motor was fully stock