Apparent Relay 30 Problems

[Guest dannyboy]

hi everyone, had some recent troubles trying to start the 2.3 and after doing a search figured the problem was the relay, stripped out the fuse box and found that the relay seemed to work fine so finally called in the AA. the guy tried to turn it over and said it was flooded, i explained that i'd tried the technique from the owners manual and he said the battery wouldn't put out enough charge to start it and rigged it up one of those home start charger machines. after a few minutes constant cranking it started and kicked out a load of smoke before smoothing out. so there you go, his advice was to stay away from sainsburys, tesco, asda and jet branded fuel and stick to shell, esso and bp etc. i hope this will help anyone else in future. saves diiging out the fusebox at any rate. :)

[chicosi]

Could also be the first sign of sticky valves - I've had that problem with my 2.3. Is it due an oil change by any chance? If it is it would be worth using some flushing oil and petrol/oil treatment to clean things out. I've also been advised to run at over 4,000 rpm from time to time. Running at that speed the valves start to rotate and this helps to clean them.

[Guest dannyboy]

it's certainly a possibility though i did the oil about 2k miles ago and we do run over 4k rpm now and again. i'll give it shot with some cleaner and additives though, thank you.