Haggis X Posted April 11, 2019 Share Posted April 11, 2019 Occasionaly if I leave my MK4 1.8ltr TDCI parked on a upward slope un used for a couple of days it will not start. the engine turns over but dose not start. This has happend to me twice in about 10 months. Both times I called roadside recovery. On both occasions they got it started quite easily by disconnecting the inlet hose from the back of the air box and spraying in some starter fluid while turning it over. Seams to be a fueling problem. Any body got any ideas as to the solution to fix this problem? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gg1234635 Posted April 11, 2019 Share Posted April 11, 2019 Park downwards instead of upwards when you park. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haggis X Posted April 11, 2019 Author Share Posted April 11, 2019 52 minutes ago, gg1234635 said: Park downwards instead of upwards when you park. Ha.....ha..........ha..................ha........................................ha...... I never thought of that....not.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gg1234635 Posted April 11, 2019 Share Posted April 11, 2019 instead of making things complicated look for the simple solution lol 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haggis X Posted April 11, 2019 Author Share Posted April 11, 2019 You are talking about a car that my wife drives from time to time.............there is no simple solution.......LOL 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gg1234635 Posted April 11, 2019 Share Posted April 11, 2019 i hope she is not a member on here with that comment lol 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haggis X Posted April 11, 2019 Author Share Posted April 11, 2019 I'm not that brave.......lol 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DThomas23 Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 It does sound like fuel pressure is dropping off, and draining back down the fuel line somehow. Has parking the car the other way round had any different results? An interesting problem 🤔 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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