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Old 15 August 2010, 11:12 PM
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Hi all was wondering if anyone can help.

Sometimes my car has been taking longer to start from when turning the key, it has only started recently sometimes it starts straight away and sometimes you can hear the engine turning over quite a few times before it eventually kicks into life.

Can anyone tell me please what might cause this to happen.

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Old 15 August 2010, 11:17 PM
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poor spark plugs?poor compression?faulty crank sensor the list go's on mate,when this occurs does it mis fire once started or smoke?
Old 15 August 2010, 11:21 PM
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No the car drives fine it doesnt happen every time but i'd rather try to sort out the problem before it doesnt start at all
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defo one that needs to be at a garage when it happens so it can be tracked down as it could be one of many things mate
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