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Cé hé sin
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03/24/2016 at 08:20 |
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It’s the radiator. Must be.
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> Cé hé sin
03/24/2016 at 08:21 |
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You reckon that Beetle one that was posted yesterday would fit?
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Cé hé sin
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03/24/2016 at 08:22 |
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No, too big. Try a 2CV one.
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> Cé hé sin
03/24/2016 at 08:24 |
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Maybe it’s time to do some tuning. I could fit one from an early 911.
Flavien Vidal
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03/24/2016 at 08:32 |
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Well, time to get a new starter motor :)
Check connections on it, might be just that afterall... Is it injected? Can you push start it easily? What car is that?
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> Flavien Vidal
03/24/2016 at 08:35 |
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Yup. Probably. This one is less than a year old though. :/
Connections should be fine, we’ve had issues with those before and replaced leads with much chunkier ones.
It’s my Fiat 126p, so it’s not injected. I could push start it easily (it’s just 600 kg of car), but I dont’ have a need to. It’s not my main ride or anything.
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Flavien Vidal
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03/24/2016 at 08:37 |
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Yeah, but since it’s been stored for a while, push starting it and making sure it runs might save you a couple weeks in term of part ordering if something else went wrong. Carburated cars are sometimes much harder to push start and get running, which is why I asked...
Meatcoma
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03/24/2016 at 08:41 |
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I’ve had this problem in a similar vehicle before. It’s the car, it wont start. You are welcome for my help.
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> Flavien Vidal
03/24/2016 at 08:44 |
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I got it back on the road yesterday and it was orking beautifully. Passed inspection with flying colours. I should have known everything was going too well. :(
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> Meatcoma
03/24/2016 at 08:44 |
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Shit. I was kinda hoping it was the ironing board after all.
Wacko
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03/24/2016 at 08:45 |
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i heard those are the best ones.
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Flavien Vidal
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03/24/2016 at 08:58 |
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Oh ok ok, I thought it was your first starting attempt in 3 months :)
AuthiCooper1300
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03/24/2016 at 08:59 |
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I’d say low battery and/or sticking solenoid. With the key on position 1 (ignition on) try a direct connection from the battery + terminal (or main positive cable in the engine bay, as I suppose you have the battery in the front boot) to the positive end of the starter motor solenoid. Car should then start: usually that jolts an iffy solenoid into action.
But I would make sure the battery holds a nice charge first anyway.
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> AuthiCooper1300
03/24/2016 at 09:02 |
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I’ll try that, but first I think I’ll bash it with some sort of a stick. :D
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AuthiCooper1300
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03/24/2016 at 09:20 |
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Good idea. Sometimes that happens also to the actual starter motor, so try that on it as well.
(Electric fuel pumps usually respond favourably to that kind of persuasion too)
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Cé hé sin
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03/24/2016 at 10:11 |
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It’s only on looking at Wiki that I discover that the later 126s are actually watercooled..
I had thought they were all aircooled!
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> Cé hé sin
03/24/2016 at 10:27 |
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There was a series of watercooled hatchback 126p’s between 87 and 91, but they all went back to being aircooled after that.
Fiat later used that watercooled engine in the base Cinquecento (700).