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[Taxi_Driver]

Wierd or wot?...........

3 or 4 weeks ago.........when we had fuel shortage......

I couldnt get lpg.......so bunged in £20 of Shell V power...only stuff the shell garage had......to keep me going on Sat evening........didnt work on the Sun and managed to get lpg on the following Monday at a calour gas station.........since then my omega has had starting issues........like its been taking 5-10secs of cranking to get it to fire (it starts on petrol remember) and its only first thing in morning....during the day its ok.......i was thinking i need to check plugs....altho it has new plugs 5k ago.....was also thinking to check plug wells.......cam gasket might of gone again.... :-/

Last thusday.......it was was getting low on petrol........and since i was at Tesco.........i bunged in £20 of Tesco's cheapest.......since then its been starting on the button again in the mornings  :-/

Wierd or wot???

I pay for expensive Shell V power and it doesnt like starting in the mornings........chuck in 'cheapest' tescos and its back to starting within a sec or two??  :-/ :-/

Why ??  :-/

[theolodian]

Water in the V-power b/c no one has been using it?

[davlad22]

Water in the V-power b/c no one has been using it?

Water!?!   lol!

Presumably your ecu has adjusted itself to the cheap fuel and retarded its ignition to suit the appropriate octane level? Perhaps the sudden shock of a fresh tank of higher-octane v-power was just enough to trip it up!?!  :-/

Shouldn't have done it any long term harm though should it?

[kris9128]

i had the same prob, but the other way around. ran mine on v power for a while when i first got it. ran like a dream, couldnt fault it. but then switched to normal fuel as price was getting high. car was a pain in the arse to start for a little while. running fine now tho.

[The Red Baron]

yeh odd that one, i put shell in mine, no probs with morning starts but a pain in the arse when warm, wont fire up on 1st crank..

[Kevin Wood]

There shouldn't be any "learning" issues involved in the initial start. The ecu will use a fixed ignition timing and injector duration based probably just on temperature to get the engine firing.

My guess is that the petrol was not of the best quality. Fuel from a tank that doesn't see much turnover and which suddenly gets a hammering due to a shortage...  :-/

My kit car needs super unleaded or it pinks so it's a good indicator of fuel quality. However, I have found that if you buy super from garages that don't shift much of it, you may as well just chuck fresher 95 RON in it and save yourself some cash.  

Kevin