Poor Starting in hot weather
Posted: Sun Jul 23, 2006 5:50 pm
Just a quickie and any help appreciated
With all this hot weather the 406 is suffering in the heat
It sits at the Satation for 10 hours and when I get back it a sod to start - normally takes 5-10 seconds of cranking before it bursts into life
Now when I put the key in (and move it to position 2) I can hear the whine of the fuel pump as normal for about 5 seconds - is it just that it's so hot at the mo (and the car is 10 years old) that the fuel in and around the pump is evapourating away? and it's having to draw it back from the tank
Once it's warmed up then it's not a problem, in cool weather it starts just fine
I wonder if it needs a visit to the main stealer for a major (100,000 mile) service even maybe so the diags can be read off?
Any thoughts anyone?
With all this hot weather the 406 is suffering in the heat
It sits at the Satation for 10 hours and when I get back it a sod to start - normally takes 5-10 seconds of cranking before it bursts into life
Now when I put the key in (and move it to position 2) I can hear the whine of the fuel pump as normal for about 5 seconds - is it just that it's so hot at the mo (and the car is 10 years old) that the fuel in and around the pump is evapourating away? and it's having to draw it back from the tank
Once it's warmed up then it's not a problem, in cool weather it starts just fine
I wonder if it needs a visit to the main stealer for a major (100,000 mile) service even maybe so the diags can be read off?
Any thoughts anyone?
