Hello all,
I am looking for some help on things I can check regarding my engine not starting/cutting out.
For a bit of background my car was parked up in my garage for 3 1/2 years while I was working away, then sent to Marios for recommisioning. A month after I picked it up I put it in to storage for 6 months while I had building work done on my garage, so it hasn't been used much lately. Building work is now complete and after picking it up I drove it 30 miles to my parents house with no issues.
Then when I went to leave their house the car would not start. The engine turned over fine and at the point it would normally catch and fire up it just died. I thought it may have been a weak battery from the car hardly being used for 4 years even though it was always on a CTEK. It jump started fine with my NOCO, so I went to halfords and got a new battery. After fitting it the car fired up first time, so I thought it was problem solved and went to drive home. After half mile the engine just cut out. It would turn over but not fire up again, and was the same on my jump starter. After getting recovered home I tried the spare black key and the car started ok, and then tried the original black key again and it started ok. My problem is now I've got no confidence to take it out for a test run! I've joined the RAC so if it does break down I can get it recovered to Marios, but wanted to enjoy the car before summer ends.
The EML light comes on due to RCY ASR fault that Marios suspects is due to rusty phonic rings (P700 fault code, no other codes stored), but apart from that it was driving very well.
I was wondering if it was immobiliser related, but I drove it 30 miles that morning with the same key. Is it worth fitting new key fob batteries, or is that only for the alarm and the little chip thing for the immobilser?
Any ideas on what I can easily check/change?
Thanks for your help,
John
I am looking for some help on things I can check regarding my engine not starting/cutting out.
For a bit of background my car was parked up in my garage for 3 1/2 years while I was working away, then sent to Marios for recommisioning. A month after I picked it up I put it in to storage for 6 months while I had building work done on my garage, so it hasn't been used much lately. Building work is now complete and after picking it up I drove it 30 miles to my parents house with no issues.
Then when I went to leave their house the car would not start. The engine turned over fine and at the point it would normally catch and fire up it just died. I thought it may have been a weak battery from the car hardly being used for 4 years even though it was always on a CTEK. It jump started fine with my NOCO, so I went to halfords and got a new battery. After fitting it the car fired up first time, so I thought it was problem solved and went to drive home. After half mile the engine just cut out. It would turn over but not fire up again, and was the same on my jump starter. After getting recovered home I tried the spare black key and the car started ok, and then tried the original black key again and it started ok. My problem is now I've got no confidence to take it out for a test run! I've joined the RAC so if it does break down I can get it recovered to Marios, but wanted to enjoy the car before summer ends.
The EML light comes on due to RCY ASR fault that Marios suspects is due to rusty phonic rings (P700 fault code, no other codes stored), but apart from that it was driving very well.
I was wondering if it was immobiliser related, but I drove it 30 miles that morning with the same key. Is it worth fitting new key fob batteries, or is that only for the alarm and the little chip thing for the immobilser?
Any ideas on what I can easily check/change?
Thanks for your help,
John