Hi again mates, my zx 1.4 motronic has a little problem in the ignition. With the light sun on the car at 30 celsius degrees the car can't start, i hear nothing and then i swith the key off and then ignition and the car starts with no problem, what can be wrong here?
cheers
ignition zx
Moderator: RichardW
Probably the ignition switch.
The sun is beating down on the switch.
Copy of a post by Anders:
It seems you have a rather common intermittent cable/connector problem somewhere in +12V feed from battery or fuse box.
It could simply be your ignition key switch on it's way out - a known problem on ANY car.
Try it out :
have car parked, handbrakes on, engine idle.
Rev the engine some (don't race it !) - to have vibrations on the car from the engine.
Then try gently fiddling with the ignition key - avoiding the starter position - simply tremble/wriggle gently on the key - insuring the ignition switch is just exactly disturbed.
The sun is beating down on the switch.
Copy of a post by Anders:
It seems you have a rather common intermittent cable/connector problem somewhere in +12V feed from battery or fuse box.
It could simply be your ignition key switch on it's way out - a known problem on ANY car.
Try it out :
have car parked, handbrakes on, engine idle.
Rev the engine some (don't race it !) - to have vibrations on the car from the engine.
Then try gently fiddling with the ignition key - avoiding the starter position - simply tremble/wriggle gently on the key - insuring the ignition switch is just exactly disturbed.
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