Weak start when engine is warm?
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Weak start when engine is warm?
Hi Folks
Still loving my car nearly 4 months on but I've noticed a few times that if I start the car with a warm engine (after a good run) then the start is quite weak, certainly compared to when I start the engine from cold?
Anybody else noticed this or got any ideas?
Cheers.
Marky-Mark
Still loving my car nearly 4 months on but I've noticed a few times that if I start the car with a warm engine (after a good run) then the start is quite weak, certainly compared to when I start the engine from cold?
Anybody else noticed this or got any ideas?
Cheers.
Marky-Mark
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The 55 engine makes a much more subdued sound when you start it up from a warm engine. That's normal, the engine sound when cold starting is a very mechanical whirl and crackling noise, whilst when completely warm, just bellows out a rumble.
Some cars do this.
Some cars do this.
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By 'cold start' I meant as in the engine not having been run for say 12hrs, i.e. all residual heat from the engine has dissipated.
When I start my 'warm engine' it seems to reluctantly cough/splutter into life during the ignition process but then is fine once running.
Hope this clarifies things.
Rgds
Marky-Mark
When I start my 'warm engine' it seems to reluctantly cough/splutter into life during the ignition process but then is fine once running.
Hope this clarifies things.
Rgds
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From: canada
Originally Posted by Shinigami
The 55 engine makes a much more subdued sound when you start it up from a warm engine. That's normal, the engine sound when cold starting is a very mechanical whirl and crackling noise, whilst when completely warm, just bellows out a rumble.
Some cars do this.
Some cars do this.
