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 Posted: Fri Nov 01, 2013 5:33 pm |
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Right basically car has been faultless for a year, had belt & waterpump change last sunday since then, the central locking started bouncing it would take me 6 attempts or more to lock the car.
Then tonight about 2 hours ago just pull onto the drive and the car literally has a fit, all the dash lights start flickering, the lights go dim and smoke started coming out the dash, since then the car will not start, if you press the hazards they flash like 3x normal speed, nothing works correctly dash lights some of them do not work.
Seems to me at a guess the ecu has fried, but im looking to see if anyone else has had this problem, really cant be f**** to pay for a mobile mechanic i rather know if its worth fixing or not
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Posted: Fri Nov 01, 2013 5:37 pm |
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Check the earth lead to the gearbox
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Posted: Fri Nov 01, 2013 5:49 pm |
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| macca1411 wrote: |
| Check the earth lead to the gearbox |
cheers mate will do that first thing
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Posted: Sat Nov 02, 2013 2:41 am |
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And change the battery/have it checked
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Posted: Sat Nov 02, 2013 5:16 am |
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Yep your right macca gearbox to chassis earth has broke, can you just buy replacement earth cable or will i need to rewire it myself?
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Posted: Sat Nov 02, 2013 5:49 am |
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You can buy them from the dealer (around £80), the breakers or make one up yourself. Most of the bits should be available from Maplin and wouldn't cost the earth.
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Posted: Sat Nov 02, 2013 6:00 am |
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It's only a cable and 2 terminals. An auto electrician would be able to make one for cheap.
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Posted: Sat Nov 02, 2013 6:31 am |
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ok, well once i can get to the shops and connect it all back up ill let u know what happens, wouldnt be suprised if its short something, or blown a fuse
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Posted: Sat Nov 02, 2013 9:26 am |
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Make sure to disconnect the battery while you work,apply the safe reboot procedures, and check all fuses in and out before you start the car.
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Posted: Sat Nov 02, 2013 10:42 am |
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all fixed changed both battery to gearbox and gearbox to chassis earths and fitted a new battery terminal
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Posted: Sat Nov 02, 2013 12:45 pm |
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Glad that you got it fixed  ,so all working well now?
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Posted: Sat Nov 02, 2013 4:15 pm |
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| Timon2210 wrote: |
| Glad that you got it fixed ,so all working well now? |
yeah back to normal, going to buy some vmaxx coilovers after xmas and sports exhaust
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Posted: Sat Nov 02, 2013 6:41 pm |
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| 206gti_chris wrote: |
| Timon2210 wrote: |
| Glad that you got it fixed ,so all working well now? |
yeah back to normal |
How much did it end up costing? Probably a lot less than an auto electrician would charge.
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Posted: Sat Nov 02, 2013 7:32 pm |
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| macca1411 wrote: |
| 206gti_chris wrote: |
| Timon2210 wrote: |
| Glad that you got it fixed ,so all working well now? |
yeah back to normal |
How much did it end up costing? Probably a lot less than an auto electrician would charge. |
£13 for 2 earths and a negative battery terminal lol bargain fix
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Posted: Wed Nov 20, 2013 6:44 am |
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| macca1411 wrote: |
| You can buy them from the dealer (around £80), the breakers or make one up yourself. Most of the bits should be available from Maplin and wouldn't cost the earth. |
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