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Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: Martin_1962 on 17 April 2009, 20:57:46

Title: Hard to start
Post by: Martin_1962 on 17 April 2009, 20:57:46

Needs quite a bit of cranking and also prodding the throttle.

Don't think it is crank sensor.

Could it be plugs?

Title: Re: Hard to start
Post by: RobseyMV6 on 17 April 2009, 21:01:02

Are your rocker cover's leaking? plug well's may have some oil there not helping? Then again i have a 3.0 elite and that takes a few turn's some time's before she fire's up  :-/

Title: Re: Hard to start
Post by: Martin_1962 on 17 April 2009, 21:37:10

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Are your rocker cover's leaking? plug well's may have some oil there not helping? Then again i have a 3.0 elite and that takes a few turn's some time's before she fire's up  :-/

I hope not - done last year

I will be checking them tomorrow

Title: Re: Hard to start
Post by: iainb on 17 April 2009, 22:40:43

With the LPG system it should start using petrol and the switch to gas.
If its trying to start on gas alone its going to be a pig.
So is the petrol filter clear and have you checked the fuel pressure?

Title: Re: Hard to start
Post by: Kevin Wood on 17 April 2009, 23:07:41

Worth checking for codes too. I know that crank sensor is not that old, but.... :-/

Kevin

Title: Re: Hard to start
Post by: TheBoy on 17 April 2009, 23:28:16

You know you need the codes ;)

and i'm making the assumption you are not trying to start it on fart-gas

Title: Re: Hard to start
Post by: mark.adams on 18 April 2009, 10:13:02

I have to say mines an LPG conversion and it can be a sh*t to start sometimes especially if it was switched off after running on gas. If i switch back to petrol before i turn it off, it starts easier...
Mine isn't SGI though
And i have no codes except the EGR feedback sensor that crops up every now and then

Title: Re: Hard to start
Post by: Martin_1962 on 18 April 2009, 12:42:30

Three new plugs fitted, old were OK but oily

Started on petrol OK

I also stripped and cleaned the evaporator

Now runs on gas - or at least idles

Will try to get codes read and cleared next week