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Car Forum / Nissan / Nissan Cars / November 2005Almera cold start problem
Hi, i have a 2001 Nissan Almera 1.5S with 25000 miles on the clock. I've noticed that when the outside temperature is less than about 3 C it takes about 8-10 attempts before the car starts. Whilst it won't start the dashboard indicators (engine management light, fuel tank light etc) aren't lit but they come on the time it starts. When trying to start the engine turns ok but its as though there is no spark. Also, once started if i have to restart it starts first time (until stood for a long time in cold). Could it be some kind of faulty cold temp sensor or worse, some fault with the engine computer system. I would check coolant temperature sensor and also when this happens what is the humidity outside ,there could be possible problem with spark plug wires and distributor cap . System > Hi, i have a 2001 Nissan Almera 1.5S with 25000 miles on the clock. I've > noticed that when the outside temperature is less than about 3 C it takes [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > it be some kind of faulty cold temp sensor or worse, some fault with the > engine computer system. > Hi, i have a 2001 Nissan Almera 1.5S with 25000 miles on the clock. I've > noticed that when the outside temperature is less than about 3 C it takes [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > it be some kind of faulty cold temp sensor or worse, some fault with the > engine computer system. Do you "prime" the system when starting in the cold? WHat I mean is, turn the key to the run postion, where all the lights light up, like check engine, seatbelts, etc, but DONT start the car. Wait. You should hear the feul pump behind whizzing along. Once it stops, then turn the key to start the car. The car starts on a feul rich mixture, and priming the feul system gets the feul injectors pressurized enough to really get going when you hit the ignition. Hope this helps CD > Do you "prime" the system when starting in the cold? WHat I mean is, > turn the key to the run postion, where all the lights light up, like [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > CD Thanks, this helps a lot. I've tried it for the last 2 days and it does work. This morning the outside temp was -4 C, i turned the key and it took about 5 secs for the lights to come on but then it started first time. Can't understand why the handbook doesn't say anything about this. This seems exactly the same as my Micra starting problem, see a few posts above. Thanks for the suggestions. I'll give things a try and let you know the results. To John Buckley; yes it does sound exactly the same. Its the lights not coming on that makes me hope its not an engine management problem as these can be very expensive. I'm also concerned that the fault might occur when on the move and i'll lose all power. |
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