Micra wont start when damp

[gwr310188]

Morning, just went to start my micra 1998 and I wont start, it only seems to happen when the weather is damp or cold, its been raining all night so its rather damp out. You can here the starter motor trying to engage but the engine wont turn other. I had the engine coolent senser changed in the winter, but the car only seems not to start when its damp. It also had a fall service im February

The only modifications ive done to it is an induction kit

Please help

 

[Agent_Sm1th]

Only drive it during the summer.

 

[Daniel_]

Do you have access to a multimeter? What is your battery voltage at currently? How old is the battery?

 

[gwr310188]

Batterys new and been tested all fine, weird it only does it when its wet or damp weather

 

[pollyp]

If it has a distributor, remove the cap and wirebrush the white oxides off the 4 electrode points. Also check the rubber seal for the cap ain't perished or leaking water in.

 

[TonySLX]

Does it turn over or are you saying the starter dosnt seem to turn over or turns over slow ?

If its not turning over the same as in the dry i would suspect loose connection to starter motor ... damps causing it to be worse

 

[gwr310188]

Naa the starter is fine, the engine wont turn over when its damp

 

[TonySLX]

If the engine doesnt turn over when damp its likely to be an alectrical connection issue ... check battery connections and check leads are tight on starter motor.

 

[gwr310188]

All checked there fine really tight

 

[Agent_Sm1th]

Check the fuses in the box next to the battery. They can corrode. The black cover unclips. It has a white printed picture of which fuses are which.

 

[gwr310188]

What fuse will I be looking for??

 

[mak]

spray wd40 on dizzy cap and plug lead and wait 5 mins

 

[mak]

mine does it but only on damp days

 

[gwr310188]

What's the dizzy cap??

 

[mak]

the plastic thing the plug leads go to

 

[gwr310188]

So take the leads out spray with WD40 then it should work???

 

[mak]

does for me,try it.

 

[gwr310188]

Is it worth getting a whole new distributor???

 

[mak]

maybe.if you know it that. did the wd40 work?

 

[gwr310188]

Haven't tried it yet, started this morning first time