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Ginger Teddy · 26th November 2021, 09:59

Hi Simon , I always turn the ignition on so you hear everything connect and all lights that should be on are on before attempting to start engine ( do this on modern cars as well as couple of classics I have ). Yes the engine does splutter as it attempts to fire up as if not running on all cylinders and like I say it will fire up on third attempt but it is still struggling, almost like when some of us remember manual chokes and you had flooded it. I run it with the digital temp display on dash and don`t drive off until temp is up to 33 degrees, so I don`t hurry the old girl. Yes I will check the filter canister as a possibility ( what joy now the weather has changed ) but as it`s colder everything is working harder to get that initial start so things are going to occur that probably wouldn`t had done in the milder weather. Thanks for that Simon, and thanks to mbonwick a blocked in tank fuel filter has been noted as a possibility. These are such lovely older cars I can`t imagine not driving it .

26th November 2021, 09:59	#4
Ginger Teddy Regular poster Rover 75 Tourer conn SE Auto Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: cambridgeshire Posts: 80 Thanks: 8 Thanked 23 Times in 11 Posts	struggling to start from cold Hi Simon , I always turn the ignition on so you hear everything connect and all lights that should be on are on before attempting to start engine ( do this on modern cars as well as couple of classics I have ). Yes the engine does splutter as it attempts to fire up as if not running on all cylinders and like I say it will fire up on third attempt but it is still struggling, almost like when some of us remember manual chokes and you had flooded it. I run it with the digital temp display on dash and don`t drive off until temp is up to 33 degrees, so I don`t hurry the old girl. Yes I will check the filter canister as a possibility ( what joy now the weather has changed ) but as it`s colder everything is working harder to get that initial start so things are going to occur that probably wouldn`t had done in the milder weather. Thanks for that Simon, and thanks to mbonwick a blocked in tank fuel filter has been noted as a possibility. These are such lovely older cars I can`t imagine not driving it .