#1: limp mode ? Author: pug150, Location: birminghamPosted: Mon Sep 05, 2011 5:01 am ---- looking at a cheap gti180 and in the add it says the ecu has crashed and put the car in limp mode!
is there anyway to reset the ecu so it'll rev up again?? i ask because on my type r scooby if i disconect the battery it resets the ecu so just wondered if it was the same principle.
#2: Re: limp mode ? Author: tim30485, Location: LeicesterPosted: Mon Sep 05, 2011 6:22 am ---- think it needs a fault read? message lee....
#3: Re: limp mode ? Author: almir92, Location: EssexPosted: Mon Sep 05, 2011 7:05 am ---- isnt there like a button under the bonnet behind the battery?
#4: Re: limp mode ? Author: Deckchair5, Location: Bath UKPosted: Mon Sep 05, 2011 8:36 am ---- ECU goes into limp mode to protect the engine as it can't reliably work out what's happening from the engine sensors ie they don't make sense or add up so it restricts max rpm and throttle response
The impact sensor inertia cut off switch and its reset button under the bonnet is a g force cut off to fuel and sometimes ignition. Engine won't be allowed to start at all with that triggered
So you need to find out what the ECU is unhappy about - first stop- any fault codes stored-and fix that
#5: Re: limp mode ? Author: MrBSI, Location: What's it to you? ? ?Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2011 9:18 am ----
Deckchair5 wrote:
The impact sensor inertia cut off switch and its reset button under the bonnet is a g force cut off to fuel and sometimes ignition. Engine won't be allowed to start at all with that triggered
GTI 180 like all multiplexed 206's doesnt have a fuel inertia cut of switch under the bonnet as the airbag ecu controls this function
#6: Re: limp mode ? Author: Deckchair5, Location: Bath UKPosted: Mon Sep 05, 2011 12:09 pm ---- Thank you
#7: Re: limp mode ? Author: pug150, Location: birminghamPosted: Mon Sep 05, 2011 12:22 pm ---- Cheers for the replys ill give it a miss.
#8: Re: limp mode ? Author: MrBSI, Location: What's it to you? ? ?Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2011 12:39 pm ---- GTI 180 is EOBD compatible, scanning it for fault codes to see why the engine managment light is on & why its stuck in limp mode is easy / cheap enough
GTI 180 is EOBD compatible, scanning it for fault codes to see why the engine managment light is on & why its stuck in limp mode is easy / cheap enough
Yeah cheap enough to fibd out the problem but thats when itll get expensive and turn out to be a pain, plenty more forsale
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