I hear the engine turn about 6 times before it starts when cold now, this JUST started happening. If I drive it in the morning, and then start it again in the afternoon it is kist 1 or 2 turns.

Any ideas?

 

sorry i haven't got any ideas as i have only just bought my own rx7, wonder if you could help me though i had to buy an rx7 with the carbon fibre seats as they sit lower and so i could get my legs in i have about 1/2 foot of space behind the seat but it won't go bk any further is there an after market bracket i can buy so that i can utilise the extra space?

 

1 or 2 turns no matter what the temp. is.

 

Me personally, 3 turns max no matter

 

mine tooo

 

2 max

 

cold, about 3 or 4, max is 6. I think my starter is dead though.

 

3 max no matter what.

 

^

 

one. always.

 

RXJoey,

Could you try leave the key switch on 'On' for a while before turning it when the engine is cold? That might help.

 

Tried it in the ON position, same thing. When I say cold start, it is 90 degrees here, so cold meaning 1 or 2 days of sitting before start.

I have new battery, I cant imagine it would be my starter as that is fairly new. I just feel like everytime I start the thing now I am damaging the engine.

Thx

 

You may just have dirty injectors. Suspect this especially if you also experience flooding from time to time. Are your spark plugs relatively new? Old or fouled plugs will also make it hard to start, especially the trailing plugs.

 

i've heard from other people that without the stock airpump it will take longer for it to start than normal also? do u still have one?

 

Are you, and everybody else, referring to actual engine revolutions (how the hell can you count that???) or starter duty cycle in seconds?

Mine varies. Some days it starts in a couple of seconds & other days it takes longer. Bottom line? If it starts don't **** with it.

 

yeah, in the wintertime it takes like 3 turns, but now its like 1-2..

 

about 2-3

 

I was also told once that excessive carbon build-up in the combustion chamber can lead to hard starting, as it absorbs the initial fuel charge. ??

 

I agree w/ sled driver

 

I'm pretty sure they're counting the number of times they hear the engine "chug". It is a quite distinctive sound.

I would guess 2 seconds would equate to maybe 4 turns.

As far as mine goes, its usually 4, on hot starts 1-2
I'm wondering if grounding has anything to do with it. My car seems to start better after I replaced the stock battery terminals. Redoing the grounds may also improve it.

 

Mine will start straight away and go for a few seconds then turn off. On a bad day or left for long periods off time it might take 6 times to get it satrted and stay going. It's like it won't idle.

 

Your tps probably needs adjustment. The last time I adjusted mine, I set it far out of spec just to see what it would do. My car would start, idle for a few seconds then die. Sound familiar

 

I'll have to check it out.

Thanks.

 

thankfully mine starts real quick every time 1 or 2 cranks and off it goes, rises to around 2k rpm then slowly sinks back down.

My car doesnt seem to have the 3k startup thing on it? is this something specific to 92 Fds or has it been removed?

 

^ I thought it was specific to left-hand drive models in the US.