Wont Start...!
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OK folks...here is my tale;
My 2002 XK8 has run flawlessly ever since I bought her. I left her with a detailer for two weeks and picked her up today. She started right up and drove fine. I went to post office, came out started her and was flagged down by a friend to chat. We were talking over her fan-tail when I noticed she was running rough to the point where she was about to shut herself down. I shut her down and continued to chat. Went back and she would not start. She sounded as if she was flooded and I re-tried. Of course all logic went out the window and I pumped the accelerator to see if that would help. She seemed to try to catch but to no avail.
Thoughts? Perhaps it is something stupid? Or something expensive...
Thanks in advance!
My 2002 XK8 has run flawlessly ever since I bought her. I left her with a detailer for two weeks and picked her up today. She started right up and drove fine. I went to post office, came out started her and was flagged down by a friend to chat. We were talking over her fan-tail when I noticed she was running rough to the point where she was about to shut herself down. I shut her down and continued to chat. Went back and she would not start. She sounded as if she was flooded and I re-tried. Of course all logic went out the window and I pumped the accelerator to see if that would help. She seemed to try to catch but to no avail.
Thoughts? Perhaps it is something stupid? Or something expensive...
Thanks in advance!
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Unless the detailer put a few hundred miles on the car the first thing I would suspect is a weak battery. How old is the battery? Have you charged it? With all the electronics in these cars the starter may spin the engine but not leave enough volts to operate the computers.
Beyond that gotta look for MIL codes and/or further information.
Beyond that gotta look for MIL codes and/or further information.
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sounds to me like the car has gone into some sort of overheating shut down mode
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