morrisdaboss
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as well as me losing a few bb's out the cv joint now it dies on me twice a day. Can anybody help - i replaced the battery but its still happening, all of a sudden their is no power, the acelerator stops working and the car slowly comes to a halt, sometimes i can revive it by dropping a gear but now im stumped and pi55ed off.
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LukeGSi
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does the engine management light come on??
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morrisdaboss
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not 100% sure which one that is but the dash lights up as normal when ignition is on - all the normal ones, battery oil and a few others.
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gsi-gaz
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Registered: 23rd Mar 03
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the management light is orange with a symbol inside it like a lightning strike,
see if this comes on mate if it does do the paperclip test
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LukeGSi
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quote: Originally posted by MORRIS69
not 100% sure which one that is but the dash lights up as normal when ignition is on - all the normal ones, battery oil and a few others.
Does it come on when the engine cuts out not on start up
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scoob
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Registered: 16th Oct 03
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mine did this i had to replace the distributer and that stopped it
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morrisdaboss
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yeah that light comes on. pretty sure it came on when the car died. what exactly is the paperclip test - i have heard of it before. what does it do exactly?
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LukeGSi
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http://www.corsasport.co.uk/board/viewthread.php?tid=101080
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morrisdaboss
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the paper clip test is not working - no flashes it just stays on. i was gonna try the club hammer test but managed to drag myself away.
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