Engine floods very easily if it has not warmed up. Will not restart even when looked at by AA. Have had had to have it towed to garage on several occasions & have been told by dealer that this was a design fault. Is there any way round this or obvious first aid that I can carry out at time of flooding?
Otherwise nice looking & comfortable.
My dad's car - a 1995 XJ6 - once suffered this problem, as did a Mondeo of mine. It seems to happen after you start the car, drive it a few feet and then switch off.
If it happens again, try the following:
Switch off ignition.
Press accelerator to the floor and keep it held there.
Switch on ignition, pause a couple of seconds, then turn the key further to fire up the engine.
If the engine fires up, it might splutter a bit but should start to sound healthier after a few seconds, at which point you should smoothly release the accelerator.
The trick here is that when the accelerator is on the floor, this actually seems to instruct the engine management system to NOT take any more fuel from the tank, thus you avoid further flooding and it just burns off the excess that's already in the injectors.
Good luck!
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