Hot starting problem on 318is....

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Ian318IS
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Post Tue Sep 12, 2006 12:11 am

Have noticed this a few times since I had it, it can be a bitch to start when its hot!

It nearly caught me out today though, driving from shop to shop, and it was getting worse and worse :(

The water temp doesn't get much over a third, but it it seems not to want to start when hot? It just turns over and wont catch. Is this a common problem or just mine? lol!

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tim_s
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Post Tue Sep 12, 2006 10:13 pm

first thing would be to sort out why the temp doesn't get to half way. t-stat is the first port of call. as for warm starting, its a bit of a difficult call, a diag would be the place to start. get her warming up properly first though.
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