LukeGSi
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Last night went for quite a long drive (hour and half) to see a friend whe i was almost home my orange engine light thingy came on for about 4 seconds, i was about to stop and panic but then it went straight off?? But then all the way home i had to stick to 50mph because when i put my foot down a little to accelerate it would judder and hesitate and loose power..... whats wrong with my baby??? 
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LukeGSi
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guys help me???
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Adam-D
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when was it last serviced? plugs leads etc?
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LukeGSi
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not that long ago...but dont think the leads were changed?? im thinking before i went i changed induction kits over beacause i wanted to try my old k&n out but if that was going to make a difference surely i would have noticed sooner??
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Kerry
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do the paperclip test
could be a number of things
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LukeGSi
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quote:
Originally posted by Kerry
do the paperclip test
could be a number of things
that looks a bit complicated to me, remember im just a simple boy!! Besides will that work if orange light is no longer on??
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Kerry
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Originally posted by born_upsideout
not that long ago...but dont think the leads were changed?? im thinking before i went i changed induction kits over beacause i wanted to try my old k&n out but if that was going to make a difference surely i would have noticed sooner??
have u checked nothings come off like airflow meter or an air pipe then if u changed something over?
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Kerry
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quote:
Originally posted by born_upsideout
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Originally posted by Kerry
do the paperclip test
could be a number of things
that looks a bit complicated to me, remember im just a simple boy!! Besides will that work if orange light is no longer on??
if it was on long enough it will of stored the code
if i can do it u can
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LukeGSi
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forgot to say morning miss kerry  and how are you....im now about to put my old ram air back on reset the ecu and give it a little run to see if its still happening!!
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Kerry
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quote:
Originally posted by born_upsideout
forgot to say morning miss kerry and how are you....im now about to put my old ram air back on reset the ecu and give it a little run to see if its still happening!!
yes i would do this like i said u may of a loose connection or something
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LukeGSi
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im gona try that 1st beacuse have just looked at the paper clip faq and really its looks kinda complicated  im not good with electrics!!
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neiliosxi
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My mates did this for a while, turned out to be the airflow meter. Does it feel like its misfiring and spluttering lots, then backs off completely?
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Kerry
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quote:
Originally posted by neiliosxi
My mates did this for a while, turned out to be the airflow meter.
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Originally posted by Kerry
have u checked nothings come off like airflow meter
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LukeGSi
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apart from dirty the air flow meter looks fine
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Adam-D
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give it a clean?
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LukeGSi
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WOO HOO....give the air flow meter a clean with air line put the trusty ram air back on and gave her a blast - shes back to her old self!! Yippee!!  Was really worried for a bit, thats the 1st time anything has ever gone wrong with her at all  Thanx guys
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Adam-D
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no problem
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MikeH
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Mine is doing exactly the same....
The airflow meter looked clean on the outflow side... but i didn't look on the other side as it would mess up my induction kit etc...
Is it likely to be filthy on the other side of it?
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LukeGSi
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it might be, take it off and have a look, has 2 jubilee clips and a wire clip and thats it so whip it off and take a look!! When i blew mine through with the air line a whole load of muck and shit flew out
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Kerry
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yipeeee 
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MikeH
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after i eat some dinner (and my car cools a bit) i'm gonna try the same.
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LukeGSi
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let us know how it goes mate
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MikeH
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My air mass sensor was spotless unfortunately
I can hear the engine hunting around on idle.... not smooth, but thats possibly a seperate problem to the ecu light.
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LukeGSi
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like kerry said try the paper clip test in the FAQ if your orange light is on!! or was on for a while....dodgy idle could be idle control valve!!
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MikeH
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I have a motronic 1.5.5 ecu and it has no L line and hence you can't do the paperclip test
I haven't the foggiest where the idle control valve is on a 1.2 16v...
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