PART 8
A problem as frustrating as an engine being difficult to start from cold isn’t particularly easy to fix, especially if, once the engine has finally deigned to start and got warmed up, it will then start again without issue. At that point you must leave it for several hours (or ideally overnight) before you can make the next attempt. This is exactly what has happened with our BGT, which has strung us along for three weeks from start to finish before we could finally fix it.
Back in the summer of last year, we thought we’d cured the cold-start issue after routing a 12v feed from the starter motor to the coil. A few months later and the engine was back to its usual tricks of requiring numerous turns of the ignition key as it spluttered and died several times before finally running. MGOC Technical Helpline guru Roger Parker then came to the rescue with some good advice to help eliminate lots of potential causes. First, he recommended extracting some petrol and with roughly 15ml in a syringe, squir ting a little into the carburettors to see if the engine would suck the fuel in and fire. I had already tried this test
