starting problems
hey guys iam Ashley from cape town south Africa and my chick has a lanos its a sedan 1.4i 4door and we been having some starting problems the last 9- 10 months it drives fine the problem is if you swing the car for the 1st time after a long time and it dont take the 1st time it will take a long time to start after that well the issue is it takes long to start and i dont no whats up with it well its a opel motor (vauxhall) i ve tryed everything i no and i need some help took the car to the dyno and the ecu says its the step (air slide valve ) well i changed it and the problem still there ive checked fuel pressure its 2.7bar so i got a new fuel pressure regulator its now 2.7 so the co mixture is @ 5.1 and a normal car co is 1.5 and it does not wanna tune down thru the pot (sits in engine bay on the rear right corner ) if you turn it it does not bring the co down i was told the on this car you cant tune the co what else could be wrong i was told it could be the ignition of the car that's worn o and i replaced the cold switch (sits under the coil pack) o and the problem happens if the car is warm or cold wat could be plz help me guys iam spending alot of money and the car does not wanna come right
thanks alot guys
and if any body can mail me that lanos manual plz need to check the wiring also
Some suggestions.
-Is the standard maintenance already done on this car? Filters, oil change, plugs,...
-You may have dirty leaky injectors.
-No "engine check" light while driving?
if you need anything from lengaza, nubira, or lanos from 98-01 i got pdf's of everything. +wiring.
my suggestion.. bad fuel? you said it sits for a while.. so like full tank then try to use it in 3months..? might need fuel saver or replace the gas.
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yo guys i sorted the problem out at last guess what it was after spending so much on money on the car anyway it was my ignition the black piece at the back of the ignition barrel was a bit loose and wen you turned the ignition the pump comes on to fill the fuel rail but when you crank it the fuel pump does not come on cause of this was that the second circut it did not make contact (the key turns hard and turns far over clock wise ) all i did was glue the black piece of the ignition in a fixed postion so that it dont move when i turn the key
hard starts if car not left overnight is a classic symptom for leaky injectors
i recon you are getting bad fuel mileage and your spark plugs got black deposits... this is a defendant sign that your injectors are leaking
replace them with BOSCH high impedance injectors from a BMW E30 with a 1600 M40 engine
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