Lude Generation

Hi all,

As the car had been sat up for a couple months, decided to start it up and run the air con to dry out the interior. Had it running for around 40 mins while I washed the outside, so was up to temp nicely and had been running smoothly.

I got in and blipped the throttle, it coughed and splutter before the revs then built up. Tried another 2 or 3 times same thing, then on the next go the engine died.

After that, it failed to start. Would cough and splutter but not actually fire up and run itself.

I'm guessing it's either sparks or fuel, is there anything else to consider?

Main relay? See what it does when its nice and cold in the morning, also on a previous BB1 I had dirty ignition switch contacts that would cause that.

I don't think that's main relay - it wouldn't have noticed that you'd just blipped the throttle.
I would check out things on the ht side first if all. Leads, plugs, distributor cap etc.

When it was idling, was it idling high (i.e. as if the choke was out) or had it brought the revs back down to understand 1k?

No idle was normal, around 700rpm

H22 coils are also known to be suspect.

My ATR coil failed on Xmas eve- luckily the BB1 coil is a straight swap

coil I would say mate

yeah ignition coil if its been sat for few months, happened to mine

Replaced the coil a few years ago after it went then. Bugger

Just been out and it started. Hmmmmm. Perhaps it was just the damp had got into the electrics under the bonnet.

Will update this thread as and when I try again, thanks all for your suggestions.

Had a similar problem with mine, I hadn't run it for a couple of weeks and it would start run up to temp, and the revs would just rise, drop and engine cut out, whilst driving restarting or at a junction. Wasn't till I put fresh fuel in, started her up, she tried to play up then must have tasted fresh fuel and not had that particular problem since.