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LukeGSi
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19th Dec 04 at 20:04   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
my mum has a problem with her corsa! she is getting about 10 miles to the gallon

the garage have replaced lamba sensor and temp sensor and neither have worked, now they are saying the ecu is shagged?? we were under the impression there was no ecu as its a carb engine

help please........



also if it does have an ecu and the ecu is shagged does anyone have one spare or know where i can get one cheap
LukeGSi
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miles
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They are single point injection, which is different to carbed, and will have an ecu.

I have a spare ecu from my 1.2 spi Nova which might be the same.

Is the car getting hot? Maybe if the thermostat had failed open then the car wouldn't be getting up to temp and so would be effectively on 'choke' longer. What sort of driving does she do?
Kris TD
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the 1.2 has basically got an electronic carb to put it in laymans terms.
LukeGSi
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Funny you should say that, garage mentioned something about it running cold. She only ever does little journeys - less than 10 miles at a time

So do we think a thermostat or ecu is cack then?
ed
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I didn't think ECU's forget how to work - I would have thought they would just die and the engine wouldn't start. I would say its a sensor, like the thermostat...
LukeGSi
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But would the thermostat sticking make the car over rev (yes it does this too) and run like a bag of shite?
ed
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No air mass meters on these engines are there?
LukeGSi
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Nope.
miles
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Anything done to the car before it started to happen?

Worth trying to reset ecu?

If its running cold then it wont help, i've no idea how hard it is to change the thermostat on those engines, but they are only cheap.
Adam-D
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i have a spare 1.2 ecu chip and immob let me know
LukeGSi
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Well they have fitted lamba sensor and temp sensor and I doubt very much they have reset the ecu so I guess worth giving that a go before trying anything else. Then if not go for the thermostat as will be cheaper than ecu.....still be nice to know if anyone has an ecu kicking about just incase(possibly already got one thanks to Miles)
LukeGSi
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quote:
Originally posted by Adam-D
i have a spare 1.2 ecu chip and immob let me know


ecu chip? Hers is an L plate so not factory fitted immob just wank aftermarket one but cheers Adam I'll let you know if I end up needing one!
Mistamist
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I got one right here, lemme know if ya need it. 1.2 8v, need any other parts lemme know.
lee mitchell
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what temp sensor did they change
LukeGSi
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quote:
Originally posted by lee mitchell
what temp sensor did they change


To be honest I'm not sure, I'm just going by what she has told me on the phone. Is there more than one then
LukeGSi
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Cheers Mist
Adam-D
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ps i have a 1.2 engine sitting here let me know any bits you need
lee mitchell
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one send s the temp to the dash. has a spade connector on the end. the other sends the temp to the ecu. they should of changed the one to the ecu really but they may have changed the other one
Kerry
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cheers we'll check which one they did

 
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