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From: malc on 26 Apr 2010 17:11 Rode the ZZR into work on Friday and back home no problem. When I went to give the eldest lad a spin on it 2 hours later the solenoid would chatter but the starter motor wouldn't spin. Tried it with jump leads off the car the next day and it started beautifully. Must be the battery I thought. Went to Frazers, got new battery, charged it and put it in. Lo and behold, lots of spinning engine but no ignition. It coughed a couple of times but steadfastly refuses to start. In fact there's not even a cough now. The dealer is coming to collect it for repair but is there something obvious I'm missing? I can't see any loose wires, the battery is the right way round - negative goes to earth. Definitely petrol getting through because I can smell it. I haven't got the Haynes manual in the post yet so I 'm a bit stuck. -- Malc Rusted and ropy. Dog-eared old copy. Vintage and classic, or just plain Jurassic: all words to describe me.
From: Nige on 26 Apr 2010 17:13 On 26/04/2010 22:11, malc wrote: > Rode the ZZR into work on Friday and back home no problem. When I went to > give the eldest lad a spin on it 2 hours later the solenoid would chatter > but the starter motor wouldn't spin. Tried it with jump leads off the car > the next day and it started beautifully. Must be the battery I thought. Went > to Frazers, got new battery, charged it and put it in. Lo and behold, lots > of spinning engine but no ignition. It coughed a couple of times but > steadfastly refuses to start. In fact there's not even a cough now. > > The dealer is coming to collect it for repair but is there something obvious > I'm missing? I can't see any loose wires, the battery is the right way > round - negative goes to earth. Definitely petrol getting through because I > can smell it. I haven't got the Haynes manual in the post yet so I 'm a bit > stuck. > Choke?
From: Steve on 26 Apr 2010 17:25 On 26 Apr, 22:11, "malc" <malwhi...(a)blueyonder.co.uk> wrote: > Rode the ZZR into work on Friday and back home no problem. When I went to > give the eldest lad a spin on it 2 hours later the solenoid would chatter > but the starter motor wouldn't spin. Tried it with jump leads off the car > the next day and it started beautifully. Must be the battery I thought. Went > to Frazers, got new battery, charged it and put it in. Lo and behold, lots > of spinning engine but no ignition. It coughed a couple of times but > steadfastly refuses to start. In fact there's not even a cough now. > > The dealer is coming to collect it for repair but is there something obvious > I'm missing? I can't see any loose wires, the battery is the right way > round - negative goes to earth. Definitely petrol getting through because I > can smell it. I haven't got the Haynes manual in the post yet so I 'm a bit > stuck. Disturbed the coil connection when you removed/replaced the battery? Steve
From: petrolcan on 26 Apr 2010 17:26 In article <ZjnBn.794206$DL1.517868(a)newsfe25.ams2>, malc says... > > Rode the ZZR into work on Friday and back home no problem. When I went to > give the eldest lad a spin on it 2 hours later the solenoid would chatter > but the starter motor wouldn't spin. Tried it with jump leads off the car > the next day and it started beautifully. Must be the battery I thought. Went > to Frazers, got new battery, charged it and put it in. Lo and behold, lots > of spinning engine but no ignition. It coughed a couple of times but > steadfastly refuses to start. In fact there's not even a cough now. > > The dealer is coming to collect it for repair but is there something obvious > I'm missing? I can't see any loose wires, the battery is the right way > round - negative goes to earth. Definitely petrol getting through because I > can smell it. I haven't got the Haynes manual in the post yet so I 'm a bit > stuck. Immobiliser?
From: malc on 26 Apr 2010 17:51
petrolcan wrote: > In article <ZjnBn.794206$DL1.517868(a)newsfe25.ams2>, malc says... >> >> Rode the ZZR into work on Friday and back home no problem. When I >> went to give the eldest lad a spin on it 2 hours later the solenoid >> would chatter but the starter motor wouldn't spin. Tried it with >> jump leads off the car the next day and it started beautifully. Must >> be the battery I thought. Went to Frazers, got new battery, charged >> it and put it in. Lo and behold, lots of spinning engine but no >> ignition. It coughed a couple of times but steadfastly refuses to >> start. In fact there's not even a cough now. >> >> The dealer is coming to collect it for repair but is there something >> obvious I'm missing? I can't see any loose wires, the battery is the >> right way round - negative goes to earth. Definitely petrol getting >> through because I can smell it. I haven't got the Haynes manual in >> the post yet so I 'm a bit stuck. > > Immobiliser? Is there one? If so how did I start it before? -- Malc Rusted and ropy. Dog-eared old copy. Vintage and classic, or just plain Jurassic: all words to describe me. |