I have a rover 214 that seesm to struggle starting. I have put it into two
garages who have claimed there is a problem with it sparking but still it
fails to start everytime. Sometimes it chugs and other times I get
nothing. I am at a loss as to what to do next. Any Suggestions.

"ramshackle"  wrote in message
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> I have a rover 214 that seesm to struggle starting. I have put it into two
> garages who have claimed there is a problem with it sparking but still it
> fails to start everytime. Sometimes it chugs and other times I get
> nothing. I am at a loss as to what to do next. Any Suggestions.
>


I once had a cracked rotor arm on my Metro 1.4 (same engine), it was
shorting down the camshaft to ground leading to a very sluggish motor.
That's if you are getting a good spark at the distributor cap, else change
the plug leads first (all five of them) then coil.

Chris

ramshackle wrote:

> I have a rover 214 that seesm to struggle starting. I have put it
> into two garages who have claimed there is a problem with it sparking
> but still it fails to start everytime. Sometimes it chugs and other
> times I get nothing. I am at a loss as to what to do next. Any
> Suggestions.


It could be any number of things. What's been investigated so far?

Si

I've had a new coil and rotary arm fitted, plus new spark plugs and fuel
line. It was mentioned that it maybe to do with the engine management but
a light should appear on the dashboard for that. It looks like the engine
keeps flooding and occassionally the car revs when stationary even though
no pressure is being applied to the accelerator.

ramshackle wrote:

> I've had a new coil and rotary arm fitted, plus new spark plugs and
> fuel line. It was mentioned that it maybe to do with the engine
> management but a light should appear on the dashboard for that. It
> looks like the engine keeps flooding and occassionally the car revs
> when stationary even though no pressure is being applied to the
> accelerator.


I don't know your car but it sounds like it might have a 
dirty/malfunctioning sensor (crankshaft position, air temperature). Do you 
have a manual for it to locate them?

Si