The official forum of the Rover 200 & 400 Owners Club - for all Rover 200, 400, 25, 45 and Streetwise models.
https://rover200.org.uk/phpbb_/
Interesting! Was it blocked?JonWood1982 wrote: ↑Sun Feb 07, 2021 3:39 pm Thank you to all for your suggestions. I tried the earthing points (all that I could see) & didn't get round to the crankshaft sensor or compression test, however after replacing the mid exhaust it is starting first time every time since! Never realised the exhaust could cause a problem to starting!
Jon
I would think not as the reason for replacing was the rear of the pipe being corroded through & already patched (twice) before! I would think probably not enough pressure being sent back to the engine - I could be talking total **** here though as I am not mechanically minded, just trying to make sense out of the pieces...itcaptainslow wrote: ↑Sun Feb 07, 2021 4:43 pmInteresting! Was it blocked?JonWood1982 wrote: ↑Sun Feb 07, 2021 3:39 pm Thank you to all for your suggestions. I tried the earthing points (all that I could see) & didn't get round to the crankshaft sensor or compression test, however after replacing the mid exhaust it is starting first time every time since! Never realised the exhaust could cause a problem to starting!
Jon
The cat collapsed on my BRM a couple of years ago which made it lose a significant amount of power when the pieces blocked the centre exhaust box...might be worth checking to ensure similar hasn't happened here.