Hello everybody,

My friend has a problem with his Town & Country. Engine won't start from the first time and it starts very easily when restarting. No matter cold or hot engine. The MIL does not illuminate and there are no fault codes stored.

Any information would be greatly appreciated

 

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What is MIL?
And do you mean it wont start immediately when you try to start, but it starts good when you try again?

 

if you do not know what MIL stands for, I think your understanding about cars is too poor. MIL means Malfunction Indicator Light.
Engine does not statr at all at first time and it starts immediately when restarting the second time.

 

well then good luck with your problem

 

Different places around the world have different names for that light. Where I come from it is called the CEL (Check Engine Light). You may have just turned away someone who could have helped!

 

Recycled Answer

The first thing to eliminate on non first time starts is the LP side of the fuel supply.

Lift bonnet, find the hand primer pump it should be hard, pump it, if it takes more than one pump to make it rock hard and impossible to pump any harder you have a low pressure fuel problem. Check the (1) spin-oil filter is not loose and the (2) screw on water trap is not loose. Most regular service jobs are given to 'learners' and the simple omission of checking the spin~on is tight / O ring was oiled, and the water trap [the white bit on this filter] is not loose. Frequently these schoolboy omissions are the cause of filters working slack causing all sorts of misery tracing the fault. A decent scanner of course would give a better pointer - but this easily eliminated 1st start test needs you only to hand~prime before the 1st start to realise its a LP issue.

If the hand primer needs pumping you are leaking pressure out or allowing air into your low pressure fuel supply, the most obvious are the two I've suggested, either of which will lead to a car not starting warm or cold.

NOTE : The picture of the filter & water trap is for the 2.8 CRD and the hand primer is for a Ford so both are for illustration and recognition purposes only.

 

I would have to assume 3,8 means it's a 3.8 ltr gasoline engine based on me being a Yank across the pond. Course that's probably irrelevant anyway based on the dates.

 

HiYa Raptor 07, you would be correct sir. I missed the fact it was a petrol lump.