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Good morning fellow Corrado owners,

 

Not quite sure where to put this, but i'll go ahead anyway

 

after a long awaited start, I am getting to work on my Nugget 1.8 KR

 

It has been sat for a long time, probably a year and a half. After getting some fuel and putting it straight in the tank, and charging over-night

The car will turn over, but it does not start - after a look around the car, there is an absence of any lights on the dash when ignition is on, no battery light, the gauges don't move either (should i expect them to? not sure)

I think there has been a bit of a fiddle about with the fusebox... but I checked a diagram, and to me it looks all connected (there are a few split + reconnected wires)

All fuses are intact...

 

Please help :thumbleft:

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Have you checked for fuel getting up to the engine bay from the tank to the engine(fuel pump). Checked for a spark? I think you need to rule these two out before carring on.

Edited by Ray1965

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Yes we have checked both of these, it is getting fuel, and it is sparking, the plugs were brand new when it came off the road too.

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perhaps very old stale fuel? If you're getting fuel and spark it *should* start. Although sometimes you might need to crank for a good few minutes before it fires up - had this problem recently with the wifes corolla. Had to turn the engine over for quite a while before finally firing. Took it for a good drive to remove any moisture etc.

Edited by fla

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Hi guys, sorry for the delayed response, I have been quite ill...

 

anyway we cranked the engine over quite a while and it still didnt start - all vac hoses etc seem to be fine.

 

but It looks like the fuse box has been tampered with, so i am going to start from scratch and rewire the thing

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