Poor starting + squeak
My new 260 , seems to suffer to bad starting , it turns over fine . You'll crank it over for 5-10 secs and it'll cough and splutter them start and run fine .
Any ideas what could be wrong ?
Also I have a sqeak coming from the front of the engine (belts or pulleys ?)it's quiet and does not get any louder when you Rev or drive the car ?
also are the front suspension strut tops the same as normal zt 's ? My front drivers side is creaking
thanks for any help
cheers
Hopefully you will get access to the info, there are many threads that will answer these questions. (sorry, too much to cut and paste)
Good luck.
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ZTT260 Starlight Silver #428
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I have sent my questionnaire off to go green
Droitwich. close to Nick at Austin's Garage Burton on Trent. He will fix it.
Worth a visit to check the car over
ZTT400 SHM Pearl Black #519 "Super Brick"
ZTT260 Starlight Silver #428
ZS180 x 3: 2 x Trophy Blue Hatchbacks, 1 x Le Mans Green 4 door. (Loads of ZS bits For Sale)
ZR160 3 door XPG, Road Racer, "Rabbit" FOR SALE
Triumph Bikes x 2. 1999 Speed Triple, 2011 Street Triple
Rick
Mgoc membership gets you free inspection bit Austin's are closer.
good luck
Jez Marsh
372 ZTT SE PBT
M 260 MG
Might be worth a quick look at post #15 aand #16 here Rick:
https://www.two-sixties.co.uk/mgoc26...hlight=pulleys
Nich.
Nicholas John Peter Tinker - # 484
Manufactured on Tuesday 27th April 2004 @ 12.17.47.
Commission Number: 24468.
Brochure Model: M3 Tourer 4.6 V8 260PS.
Specification Code: L01B.
CICode: D1511.
Trim Level: TL8.9 (M3).
65th ZT-T 260SE to be made out of 115.
11th ZT-T 260 SE in Pearl Black (PBT) out of 23 produced.
Manufactured in the UK by MG Rover Group Ltd.
Second that! Just got back from Nick who spent most of the day on my 'Olive' and gave me a complete blow-by-blow account of the good-bad-and-ugly and fixed whatever he could in the time frame. Excellent investment.Originally Posted by AndyG
Droitwich. close to Nick at Austin's Garage Burton on Trent. He will fix it.
Worth a visit to check the car over
Thanks to Nick! David
Yes. Bearings are available as a separate items, but whilst its off, it may be a good idea to do both, with (preferably) or without the big rubber bits.
David
Mine has developed this issue, although no squeak, happily.
For some months now I havent been using it daily, just once or twice a week. Starts fine, if it's first drive of the day, firing up within a few seconds of turning over.
However, even if I turn off and turn on again without driving, it can take much longer to fire up. Same if I have driven any distance and turn off, when I start it again it can take much longer and does need a bit of throttle.
Changed plugs last week - I think they had been in for many miles by the look of them. They were NGK iridium and had a sooty debris plus the electrodes were reddish coloured. Replaced with NGK Platinum. Noticeably better running, accelerates more sharply than with old plugs in. Put injector cleaner in also and took for round trip of 50 odd miles. Same symptoms persist.
Anyone any thoughts as to what might be happening?
do I just need to drive it more?
MAF sensor?
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