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1998 V70 no start after overnight rain V70-XC70 1998

posted by  Mike91 on  Sat Jan 11 17:13 CST 2014
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My 1998 V70 has always started instantly and run smoothly since purchase in Feb 2013.

Yesterday it ran fine, then was parked outside last night in rainy, humid 35-50 deg weather. Today - the engine cranked but would not start, sounded like a cylinder randomly fired maybe once per second while cranking.

After running the starter several times for 5-10 seconds, cylinders started firing more often. I held the throttle about 1/4 open and kept cranking, after another 5-10 seconds the engine started and ran smoothly. I went for a test drive to recharge the battery, now the engine starts immediately.

If it was a carbureted engine I would suspect flooding with too much fuel. Can a similar situation happen with fuel injection ?

Distributor cap, rotor and plugs are almost new - replaced within the last 10K miles.

Has anyone else had a similar experience with 850 or early V70 ?

Thanks,

Mike






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