Running fine 3 days ago
Battery fully charged
Cranks OK
Fuel pump checks OK
Has spark
Fires a couple of time after you stop cranking - seems to go backwards
Any suggestions?
M40 won't start - please help
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Ant
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what did you use to charge it, I hope you've not used a booster pack ?Battery fully charged
sounds like she may be flooded, pull the fuel pump fuse out, crank on wide open throttle for a few seconds, refit the fuse and try again
you may be lucky dude
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sb666
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Thanks for the suggestion antant wrote:what did you use to charge it, I hope you've not used a booster pack ?Battery fully charged
sounds like she may be flooded, pull the fuel pump fuse out, crank on wide open throttle for a few seconds, refit the fuse and try again
you may be lucky dude
welcopme to the zone BTW
When I removed spark plug was wet with fuel so I removed fuse 11 and tried with full throttle
The only difference did not fire at all
Refitted fuse and same as before
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stuartgallafant
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eliminate all possibilities...
does it have fuel? yes...
does it have spark?
does it have compression?
take the lead off and spark plug out of cylinder one. push the plug back into the lead and rest the tip of the plug onto the suspension turret (earth point). now crank the engine, and you should have a spark.
-if you do, then you gotta check for compression.
-if you dont, then find out why:
-coil, king lead, dizzy cap, rotor arm, HT leads, and finally plugs. all of these have to be checked when looking for a spark. And always work backwards ie. plugs, then ht leads, then rotor arm, etc
does it have fuel? yes...
does it have spark?
does it have compression?
take the lead off and spark plug out of cylinder one. push the plug back into the lead and rest the tip of the plug onto the suspension turret (earth point). now crank the engine, and you should have a spark.
-if you do, then you gotta check for compression.
-if you dont, then find out why:
-coil, king lead, dizzy cap, rotor arm, HT leads, and finally plugs. all of these have to be checked when looking for a spark. And always work backwards ie. plugs, then ht leads, then rotor arm, etc
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sb666
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Gave up and left it over nightant wrote:what did you use to charge it, I hope you've not used a booster pack ?Battery fully charged
sounds like she may be flooded, pull the fuel pump fuse out, crank on wide open throttle for a few seconds, refit the fuse and try again
you may be lucky dude
welcopme to the zone BTW
Checked pulse sensor ohms - OK
Tried to start again and with a lot of smoke etc she was away!!!
Must have been flooded after all
Many thanks
PS used 8 amp charger