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Fri 9 Jan 2009 18:14

98 1.2 engine management light flashing - moosecavich

i know I'm an idiot but I've just tried to jump start my corsa & the leads were on the wrong terminal once I'd swapped them back the engine management light was flashing & it will start rev once & die. I've seen on other questions on this site that its an immobiliser fault my key fob is a none battery type and i only have the 1one key. could you let me know what i should do next to get it going again.

Edited by Dynamic Dave on 09/01/2009 at 18:20

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Fri 9 Jan 2009 18:19

98 1.2 engine managment lightget - Dynamic Dave

Yep, ecu light flashing = immobiliser fault.

Regardless whether your fob has a battery or not, the immobiliser chip inside doesn't use the battery. It relies on a signal from the transponder coil around the ignition barrel.

If you've incorrectly wired up the battery to the cars electrics, then any manner of electrical circuits *could* well be fried.

Firstly you need to have the car hooked up to a diagnostic reader to read off any fault codes and then go from there.

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