altreed
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- Joined
- Jul 31, 2003
- Messages
- 348
- Location
- Dorset, UK
- Car
- c36 AMG, z3 2.8, BMW 330D Touring.... Bike: Yamaha T/cat 600, Z1r {gxsr1100 mota}, CR500 Aii
Hi,
We tried to start my old merc after it being parked on my drive for anything up to 8 years.
Won't fire.
- Checked it has a spark and the tank is half full.
- Smells like petrol at the exhaust fumes.
- Pressed the 'tyre valve' on the fuel rail, it is pumping squirts of fuel as the starter motor is turning.
- We got the engine running by spraying fuel from a cillit bang squirter onto the throttle valve as it was cranking. But only ran for as long as you squirted fuel... :fail
Questions.
Might the injectors have 'gummed up' or corroded being sat for so long?
will the fuel be too stale to start the car?
How can I get it going again? I need to move it next weekend.
Thanks for any suggestions or help.
Dave
We tried to start my old merc after it being parked on my drive for anything up to 8 years.
Won't fire.
- Checked it has a spark and the tank is half full.
- Smells like petrol at the exhaust fumes.
- Pressed the 'tyre valve' on the fuel rail, it is pumping squirts of fuel as the starter motor is turning.
- We got the engine running by spraying fuel from a cillit bang squirter onto the throttle valve as it was cranking. But only ran for as long as you squirted fuel... :fail
Questions.
Might the injectors have 'gummed up' or corroded being sat for so long?
will the fuel be too stale to start the car?
How can I get it going again? I need to move it next weekend.
Thanks for any suggestions or help.
Dave