Hi, bought a scoob yesterday MY98 Terzo model. everything was fine withh it and I popped round my parents for a coffee (and show the car off ) only there for about 45 minutes and when I tried to restart the engine it must have turned over 5/6 times more than what it normally would before it started, sounded like it really struggled to get going, any ideas? thought it was strange and a little embarressing starting it infront of the parents too...lol

started no problems a couple fo times later in the evening and this morning no probs.

also when I put the key in the ignition I find it doesnt want to turn the barrel, any1 else find this on thiers????

 

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struggled to start again when I left work, any ideas? pleaseeeeee. could it be the battery by any chance? I wouldnt have expected it too but its really strange

 

Mine seems to do that at ramdom occasions too, though if its struggling to turn engine over then prolly the battery.

The key thing try a little bit of wd40 or somethin in the barrel/key slot, should free up the pins a bit, worked on last car.

 

You are following the scoob starting instructions of not touching the throttle AT ALL before it fires, aren't you?


If not, it floods and displays the same symptoms you've mentioned.

Alcazar

 

nar not touching the throttle what so ever, wouldnt expect to need to with EFI, used to my carbed reno 5 having to do that but not with this

engine doesnt struggle to turn over turns over fine just doesnt start for about 10 seconds of turning it over

 

I remember there was one suggestion, and that was to press and release throttle b4 turning key, was something about throttle not being closed properly.

 

Only a little bit easier than finding needle in haystack trying to identify this sort of thing given the information we've got to go on. Doubt it's the battery if it's turning over nicely, so at least that's one thing to rule out.

Does it run perfectly once it's fired up, and do you see any tell-tale indicators on the dash (for example the oil pressure light being on) while it's turning over?

Have you tried reading the ECU's memory to see if there are any stored error codes? That might, if nothing else, give you a bit of a clue as to the cause.

 

sorry I cant really say much else, no oil pressure light from what Ive noticed, I'll have another look too see if thats happening but not noticed any lights that shouldnt be on

It seems to run perfectly once started cant fault it tbh, how do you read the ECU's memory then??? only had a scoob 2days so Im sort of new to this malarky please bear with me, fast learner though