I'm so happy

[acidstrato]

after 4months lying dead on my drive and roughly 100quids worth of replacement parts, my cordoba started this morning on its 3rd attempt! not only that...but it passed its MOT today too

so i'm going to rag the balls of it on the way to work

but...just 2 quick questions

first. does anyone have any ideas why it doesn't wish to start straight away?
second, sometimes when it fails to start, it makes a weird popping sound when you stop cranking it? never had a car that made a noise like it

cheers

 

[Icecavern]

Have you put new petrol in it yet? After 4 months the stuff in the tank might be a bit manky. You'll probably find after a good drive it'll be ok though.

Pete

 

[acidstrato]

i considered this so i stuck some 'Nitrox' octane booster in it with 10quid of ultimate thinking that would help. no actual knowledge behind the theory though

problem was it had more than half a tank in it so lot of the fuel in it has been sat for a while

 

[Icecavern]

Just drive it about for a bit and see what happens. If not then I would guess it'd be something easy to fix. Engines don't like being stood for long periods so it might just clear itself out.

 

[Hixc]

Try the sparkplugs and leads maybe???

 

[Brummy]

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