Help Please 205 1.6 Not Starting

[ricky123 0]

My 205 wont start at all, the spark plugs are getting petrol and there sparking fine but it just wont start. I thought the AFM might be knackered?? Can a broken AFM stop the car from starting??

[steve@cornwall 100]

My 205 wont start at all, the spark plugs are getting petrol and there sparking fine but it just wont start. I thought the AFM might be knackered?? Can a broken AFM stop the car from starting??

 

Could do with a bit of background on this. Was the car running, then wouldn't start? or won't start after some work?. Usual suspect is the blue ecu temperature sender which will be somewhere around the thermostat housing, depending on age of car. It must have a BLUE plug connected, and make sure the wires are pushed fully into the plug moulding. if disconnected or totally fubar this will tell the ecu that the temperature is something daft like -40 deg. and supply enough fuel to drown the spark. Check also that the wires to the afm are pushed fully home in the plug moulding - pushing the multi connectors on can sometimes push the wires out the back of the plug.

[ricky123 0]

Could do with a bit of background on this. Was the car running, then wouldn't start? or won't start after some work?. Usual suspect is the blue ecu temperature sender which will be somewhere around the thermostat housing, depending on age of car. It must have a BLUE plug connected, and make sure the wires are pushed fully into the plug moulding. if disconnected or totally fubar this will tell the ecu that the temperature is something daft like -40 deg. and supply enough fuel to drown the spark. Check also that the wires to the afm are pushed fully home in the plug moulding - pushing the multi connectors on can sometimes push the wires out the back of the plug.

 

The car has been parked up for about a month when i came to start it last it week it wudnt start, its not long had a new ECU temp sender and its plugged in right and so's the AFM.

[Richie-Van-GTi 74 2 Cars]

before parking up was the car running and since then has anything been changed? If it was previously running and nothing has changed I would say it has just flooded itself, drying the plugs off and cranking with them out will clear the flood issue and it should start after this.

[Tom Fenton 1,548]

Pop the dizzy cap off and make sure everything is clean and dry inside.

[ricky123 0]

Everything seems to be fine but it just isnt starting its weird, the car was running fine before it was parked up the only thing i can see it being is th AFM as the black cover on the top of it looks like its been off at some point and some one has sealed it back up with glue or something but not done a very good job. if moisture gets in the AFM will it stop it from working?? and can a nackered AFM stop it from starting??

[Richie-Van-GTi 74 2 Cars]

yes it can but if its getting fuel and sparking its unlikely. Have you tried de-flooding the car first?

[ricky123 0]

yep tryed it but it didnt work, im gonna try and give it a bump start tomorrow and see if that gets it started.