It seemed like a good day...

[james accordino]

--- Jim Haseltine <Jim at ur-q.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
> Everything was going fine today, had a pleasant 50
> mile trip in bright
> sunshine at lunchtime to collect a second set of
> Fuchs wheels, the this
> evening things went belly up.
> Made a detour on my way home from work to collect
> some items that were about
> 5 miles from home. Just before I got there the
> engine cut out twice within
> 30 seconds - no warning, just stopped. Restarted
> straight away without a
> problem, and the car started ok after I'd picked up
> the bits. Got home, left
> the engine running and checked for codes. 2312,
> coolant sensor, ok, the car
> was a little low on coolant, but not by much. Topped
> it up and now it won't
> start. Everything looks and sounds ok, it just won't
> fire. I've given up for
> now because the engine appears to be flooded (really
> stinks of petrol). In
> fact, it seemed to flood _very_ quickly.
> No codes stored now and I haven't checked for a
> spark yet.
> 
> Anybody any thoughts?
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Jim Haseltine
> 
Bad coolant temp sensor tricking the ECU into firing
the cold start valve continuously?

Jim Accordino