danregs
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ok got my haynes manual today and decided it was time to remove the wing off my corsa c which someone drove in to a while back.
just taken the wing off and now need to move my car but the engine won't start?!!!! 
is this an earthing problem cos i've removed the wing?
any help would be great cos i need to move my car! lol
[Edited on 23-11-2006 by Ian]
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Adam-D
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dont know
got any pics?
have you unclipped any wiring from engine?
did you take the airbox off?
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MikeH
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When you say it won't start, what exactly does it do when you try?
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danregs
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ok didnt unclip any wiring from the engine and didnt take the airbox off. but i did have to move a big black box (  ) to take the wing off. no idea what it does but it HAS been put back to where it was before. it has a hose going to it which comes from under the car (possibly from the back of the car??)
what it does is..... i turn the key round in the ignition and the dash lights up. then i turn it to start it and it just clicks loudly and all my dash lights go out 
any idea what it could be guys?
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Paul H
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flat battery bet you had your stereo on while you was doing it
[Edited on 24-03-2004 by chewbaccaman]
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danregs
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 yeh i did actually
u reckon that could be it? i got an on dash voltage guage which is showing 11 Volts........
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Paul H
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yeah will be that mine does it all the time
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danregs
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ok cheers chewy 
evry1 else is out so i'm just gonna go nick a car to get a jump start
surely they wont mind as long as i bring it back?
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Adam-D
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that black thing you took off
was it round cylinder with pipes on it
if it was put it back on that is a charcoal canister for the fuel lines
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troublesome
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yep happened 2 me 2 gta be the battery.. that clicking sound brings back 2 many memorys...
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--Dave--
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yeah definitely the battery mate, i had the exact same problem. Get it started, drive it around for a while and all will be ok.
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danregs
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yeh cheers for that guys. feel a bit stoopid that thats all it was but nevamind!
just been outside and nicked the battery off the beetle i'm restoring. jump started off that 
all runnin again now! 
oh and adam, no it was a rectangular box bolted between my wing and my inner wing. does have pipes going to and from it tho. and it looks like they could be fuel lines too.
whats this charcoal canister thing then? i'm always up for learning so please enlighten me!
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Adam-D
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id reconnect it if your running the car if it ignites erm you get the picture
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danregs
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yeh its ok i made sure everythin was reconnected before i tried startin the car. just wondered what it was thats all. cos u seemed to know what it was and i didnt have a fookin clue!
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M333KS D
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BEING AS YOU KNOW ABIT ABOUT CORSA C'S, DO YOU KNOW WHERE THE ECU IS LOCATED IN THEM?
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danregs
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quote:
Originally posted by darren meekings
BEING AS YOU KNOW ABIT ABOUT CORSA C'S, DO YOU KNOW WHERE THE ECU IS LOCATED IN THEM?
sorry mate i dont. dunno if maybe one of the other guys do. i just had a look through my haynes manual too and cant find it in there 
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Adam-D
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corsa c has 2 ecu's irrc
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danregs
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2?! 
greedy vauxhall feckers
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Adam-D
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yup he corsa C is wired
everything is wired to everything else
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M333KS D
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well thats not gunna b any good for me engine transplant then is it, i didnt get the pissin ecu with it, ahhhh
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danregs
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quote:
Originally posted by darren meekings
well thats not gunna b any good for me engine transplant then is it, i didnt get the pissin ecu with it, ahhhh
oooooh what transplant u doin mate?
from what to what?.......
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Adam-D
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doing a transplant in a corsa C unless its new tecnology vaixhaull i.e fully wired "fly by wire throttle" etc its very very very difficult
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M333KS D
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IM TRANSFERING FROM A 1.0L 12V TO A 1.8 16V SRI ENGINE. BUT I NEED THE ECUS AND WIRING LOOM, WATS THE CHANCES?
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Adam-D
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is the donor engine out of a corsa c?
then u will need a ecu for that engine
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M333KS D
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yer the engine is out of the same corsa and the same year, will the ecu that i will hav to get, just use the same wiring loom as what is in it or will that need chanmgin aswel, cus my corsa has every thin that the sri has (eg lekki windows n air con,) apart from lekki wingmirrors
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