Morning all,
quick one that I'm sure is reasonably simple. My other half's AUA didn't start this morning - usual drill ; get into car, turn on headlights, and radio. Wait for air-con to start up while doing make-up in mirror, then try to start. I realised pretty quickly that it didn't sound right after a couple of seconds - so another three attempts to start were made by the time I could get out to the drive. Strong smell of petrol around exhaust area. A verbal V5 exchange was made, so I then handed over the keys to my BHC car so she could head to work, and then took possession of the car I had just been returned ownership of (until I've got it working again).
I'm reasonably certain the engine is flooded and that the battery was probably a wee bit low yesterday (not having been used properly since Thursday) and could have done with a good drive. I tried starting once using the big emergency battery in case that was able to get enough of a spark to clear the cylinders, and although the engine spun fine, no firing. There are no errors in the diagnostics. In an ideal world I would have time to remove the plugs and leave it for a few hours to dry out and try again, but I need to leave for work right now, having put the trickle charger on to try to get some juice in during the day.
Any other thoughts appreciated. Best, Robin
quick one that I'm sure is reasonably simple. My other half's AUA didn't start this morning - usual drill ; get into car, turn on headlights, and radio. Wait for air-con to start up while doing make-up in mirror, then try to start. I realised pretty quickly that it didn't sound right after a couple of seconds - so another three attempts to start were made by the time I could get out to the drive. Strong smell of petrol around exhaust area. A verbal V5 exchange was made, so I then handed over the keys to my BHC car so she could head to work, and then took possession of the car I had just been returned ownership of (until I've got it working again).
I'm reasonably certain the engine is flooded and that the battery was probably a wee bit low yesterday (not having been used properly since Thursday) and could have done with a good drive. I tried starting once using the big emergency battery in case that was able to get enough of a spark to clear the cylinders, and although the engine spun fine, no firing. There are no errors in the diagnostics. In an ideal world I would have time to remove the plugs and leave it for a few hours to dry out and try again, but I need to leave for work right now, having put the trickle charger on to try to get some juice in during the day.
Any other thoughts appreciated. Best, Robin