Mark.W
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My car is only running on 2 cylinders at the moment,The car is currently in my local garage but we are a bit puzzled with the problem now.
Spark plugs have been changed (Old plugs were sutty black)
HT Leads have been changed
The engine has compression & spark
Any one have an idea what could be causing 2 of the cylinders not to work correctly.
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Ian
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Registered: 28th Aug 99
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Coil.
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kylesri
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id go with coil as well
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DERV-POWER
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Location: Greenfield, Flintshire
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coil or ecu fault
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Mark.W
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Any other suggestions?
Would an ecu fault not bring a EML up on the dash?
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Crana
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ECU happened to me and I was in the same boat
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Mark.W
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quote: Originally posted by Crana
ECU happened to me and I was in the same boat
What did you do to sort it mate?
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Crana
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new ecu I changed everything I could think of mine almost change HG
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Jenko_Sport
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Definitely give coilpack a go
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Mark.W
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Hmmm is there a way of checking to see if its definetly ecu?
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Crana
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try a mates quite easy to swap over
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Mark.W
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quote: Originally posted by Crana
try a mates quite easy to swap over
Will i need to change the transponder ring and key chip with the new ecu?
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Crana
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aye
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Mark.W
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Ok cheers craig will try find someone with one i could borrow & try.
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Crana
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try dialy hes just took a sport engine out his car
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AlexW
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When coilpacks go they usually kill two cylinders.
ECU faults dont always come up on EML. Id change the coilpack first, Since its easy.
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Mark.W
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Cheers AW06 gonna call up the garage this morning and mention both of these to them
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Mark.W
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Does it make any difference whether the ECU replacement is out a X14XE or an X16XE as long as the ECU numbers on the sticker match up?
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mattievRS
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quote: Originally posted by Mark.W
Does it make any difference whether the ECU replacement is out a X14XE or an X16XE as long as the ECU numbers on the sticker match up?
Well yeah as the x14 ecu will be mapped for a 1.4 and a x16 will be mapped for a 1.6.
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Mark.W
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Ok just wasn't sure.
Been up the garage and they have checked the coil pack and its ok so it just leaves the ECU now which there checking this morning,they said they usually send them away to be sorted but really the car back on the road asap.
[Edited on 19-01-2011 by Mark.W]
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Jenko_Sport
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All earths checked before you bite the bullet with an ecu?
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Mark.W
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Garage said they were going to check electrics ect yesterday but still had no word from them.
They said they were also going to check the injectors aswell??
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AlexW
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A x14XE will make a 16XE start and run, but not ideal for running any longer than about 2mins lol
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Mark.W
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Need it to run longer than 2 mins
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Crana
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My x16xe ran a x14xe ecu for months............
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