Having some weird starting problems with a 2006 Liberty wagon, 2.0R engine. Starts perfectly every time when cold, and usually if you turn it off and start it again fairly soon after. But if the car's left for, say, an hour or two it often struggles to start. It will turn over maybe 6-10 times before sort of spluttering to life.
A little history. Only bought the car a few months back and it was fine initially, but started having increasingly bad hesitation around 2,500 revs when accelerating. Had upper engine clean, injector removal for a clean, new fuel filter, then read that resetting the ECU could help the hesitation . Did that, and it seems like after these things the starting problem started. Hesitation returned after running for a few days after the ECU reset, and dealer reflashed the ECU to include some updates that cured the hesitation. But the starting problem remains.
Grateful to hear any ideas!
Cheers.