Hi, felecia 1.3 . runs fine, normally starts well, but occasionally when restarting after stalling, starts immediatly but will only tick over ( accelerator pedal has no effect). If ignition turned off for 30seconds or so , starts straight away and runs fine again. Any suggestions, thanks

Hi loftladders

could you give us a hint as to what 1.3 year model you got ?

Silly reply from me would be "flooded" the fuel pump has over primed the system and you are trying too hard too soon.... thus no go. The 30sec wait sounds a lot like a flodded carb to me.

Yep, would suspect thats caused by a faulty coolant temp sensor which is overfueling.

98 with multipoint fuel injection

coolant temp sensor, is this the one on the inlet manifold, and is there any way of testing it or is it try another, thanks

The sensor sits in the top of the theromstat housing.

thanks, i will try a replacement, and post if it fixes it