3.9 V8 Intermittent starting problem

hughesey said:

Hi All,
My Discovery 1 has developed an intermittent starting problem, especially when cold, it appears to flood then takes an age to fire. Once the vehicle has started, it could be about a fortnight before the problem happens again. Also, I've been told that a V8 starts on just 4 cylinders then the remaining 4 kick in . Can anyone confirm this.
Thanks in anticipation

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discool said:

That's normal if u flood a petrol engine "it appears to flood then takes an age to fire".

If there's no spark at the plugs then it will flood with fuel, so what u need to do is find why there's no sparks, could be as simples as iffy coil top connections or condensation on the leads.

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zen said:

a full service using genuine lr elecky sparky bits is needed.(unless you already done??)..except for plugs..use ngk...previuos info is correct also..

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