1.4 keeps cutting out

[chris27]

Now that winter is here my car is having this problem again. It starts 1st time in the cold, but when i reverse off my drive and stop to put it into 1st, the revs drop straight past idle and it cuts out. Takes a long time to get it started again. Anyone had a problem like this before?

 

[Krishen]

Now that winter is here my car is having this problem again. It starts 1st time in the cold, but when i reverse off my drive and stop to put it into 1st, the revs drop straight past idle and it cuts out. Takes a long time to get it started again. Anyone had a problem like this before?

Clean the throttle body. Does it do it when once the engines warmed up?

 

[chris27]

Cleaned it about 2 weeks ago. And nope only does it when the engine is cold and when it is really cold outside (frost and ice on the car)

 

[surcalation]

do you have an induction kit on?

 

[chris27]

yes. forgot to mention that. is it due to the induction kit sucking in to cold air when the engine is cold?

 

[surcalation]

Could possibly be.

Once upon a time when I had an induction kit on my old 1.4 it would struggle to start in the winter. On my current one it still starts first time with a standard air box.

Could be an area to look at???

 

[chris27]

Hmmm. may have to think of something to help it in the cold. I have a breather filter on the crank case pipe. If i removed this and fed it into the intake pipe, would this make any difference?

 

[surcalation]

just revert back to your standard airbox and pipes over winter. Plenty of cold air knocking around so you wont need your induction kit getting you any more

 

[chris27]

Havnt got the standard one and dont really wana be spending much money on my car as insurance and tax is next month

 

[ibiza_streg]

I think I had the same problem with my 1.4. It was only when the car was cold that it cut out or didn't want to start.
It was a fuel sensor, I think it was the one that controls how much petrol is injected when the engine starts. It was like £40 and the proble was solved!