Starting Problems Continue

[David Armstrong]

Hi,

 

I have a Galaxy MK2 2001 2.3 petrol which doesn't always start. This has been an occasional thing for many years but has got worse over the last week.

 

When you turn the key sometimes it starts fine, othertimes there is nothing (no noise at all, just lights on the dash and the led on the door) and if you keep trying it will eventually turn over.

 

The battery is fully charged, it makes no difference which key I use, the keys have PATS chips in them, I have changed relay 30 and I have checked the connections in the socket that relay 30 fits into.

 

When you turn the key to the dash lights come on you can normally hear the relay click and the fuel pump start to run and when you turn the key to the next stage the engine starts. I can't hear the fuel pump turning on the occasions the car doesn't start which suggests there is a dodgy intermittent connection somewhere.

 

Tommorow after work I intend to remove the fuse box and half of the dashboard for the third night in a row in the dark with my trusty headtorch and look for a glued connection on the brown wires in the main loom somewhere unless anyone else has another solution that I have not found on any of the forum topics.

 

Any advice is appreciated.

 

Thanks

 

David

[big_kev]

Definitely sounds like a duff relay....

 

Can't remember the number on you model ( 167 maybe ? )

 

 

Go tap them one at time and see which it is.....

[David Armstrong]

Thanks Big Kev, I will give that a try tonight.

 

Thanks

 

David