subishi
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- 1998 Ford Explorer
New to the forum but I have been reading posts for the last few months - some really useful information with me being a new owner of a 1998 Ford Explorer.
I am having some problems starting the engine and was hoping for some pointers before I head of to the garage.
Initially I was only getting a clicking noise when turning the ignition and after a few attempts I decided to charge the battery as I have just bought the car and did not know what condition the battery was in. After charging the battery the same issue occured. In hindsight I should have known it was not the battery as on a 1/4 turn of the ignition I still had power / radio / lights etc and the central locking was still functional.
The car will start with a bit of persuation from the gas pedal. It is very intermitant. Sometime it will not turn over at all and will be totally dead but if I rest my foot on the gas pedal it will sometime fire up. From a cold start it will be pursuaded to start and will then start easier after that trial with a little gas. When the problem started the car was either starting or not turning over at all but this morning it was turning over but would still not start!
I am a relative novice at this so any help would be much appreciated. Having read some of the other threads I think it may either be a solanoid or something to do with the fuel pressure?
Hope someone can help me.
Thanks
Jasper
I am having some problems starting the engine and was hoping for some pointers before I head of to the garage.
Initially I was only getting a clicking noise when turning the ignition and after a few attempts I decided to charge the battery as I have just bought the car and did not know what condition the battery was in. After charging the battery the same issue occured. In hindsight I should have known it was not the battery as on a 1/4 turn of the ignition I still had power / radio / lights etc and the central locking was still functional.
The car will start with a bit of persuation from the gas pedal. It is very intermitant. Sometime it will not turn over at all and will be totally dead but if I rest my foot on the gas pedal it will sometime fire up. From a cold start it will be pursuaded to start and will then start easier after that trial with a little gas. When the problem started the car was either starting or not turning over at all but this morning it was turning over but would still not start!
I am a relative novice at this so any help would be much appreciated. Having read some of the other threads I think it may either be a solanoid or something to do with the fuel pressure?
Hope someone can help me.
Thanks
Jasper