Recent content by kbond

Last night I put the engine to bed with a liberal amount of WD40 over every ignition related component (except HT leads) and connector I could see. I also put a blanket over the engine block. I don't know how low the temperature got overnight but it was 1degreeC this AM and it had been...

OOooo Thanks, I may do that. I've always been unsure as to whether this car has OBD or similar. Where is the connector? I've no problem creating the necessary leads if it's non-standard and someone has a pinout.... edit... ah it's OBD and it's in the under bonnet fusebox. I'll work on...

I just went into the car park after the car had been sat in the cold for five hours. (9 celsius at the moment) It leapt into life as soon as I turned the key. I'm erring towards damp as the trigger.

Apologies for kicking an old thread but there is just too much similarity to ignore this one. About six months ago my 98 micra 1.0 failed to start and after 30mins of continuous cranking while connected to a big reserve battery it fired and spewed lots of brown nastiness into the air. It ran...