Hi

Calling on your wealth of knowledge.

We have a starting problem, with our skoda felicia 1.3 2000 V reg. When we go out it starts ok of we go, if we stop for petrol it wont restart, for a least half an hour.

Has anybody had a similiar problem?

Thanks

Michele

Hmm I know what is could be on the dervs, but I don't know if the petrols suffer from the same.

In the derv injectors there was a fuel temperature sensor that would go faulty and a lot of garages would say new injection pump. However if the car was taken to an injection specialist then they could change just the part in the injection pump.

I don't know if your 1.3 is injection (I am going to assume it is due to age) so if it is, then it's worth changing the main temperature sensor in the car and possibly trying to find out if there is one in the fuel injection pump.

Sorry I can't help more, but I don't know enough about that engine.

There are a couple of possible culprits.

First off check that its not the fuel pump relay (does the pump run briefly when turning the key to position II? - if not swap out the relay).

The other strong possibility is the crank sensor playing-up when hot. Its located on the flywheel housing IIRC. Also, working from my poor memory, I think there is a Hall-effect sensor in the distributor on these - another possible failure item.

Both of these are cheap and easy to substitute - you could get used parts from a breaker - shouldn't cost more than a few pounds..