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• Nissan Almera (2000 - 2006) - 1.8 QG18DE engine. Erratic revving and EWL. 20 Nov 2007 (Forum)
  suspected the MAF, however I now fear the worst - stretched timing chain. Can anyone shed any light? Is it safe to disconnect the MAF and try driving? I can do this with the Alfa and it doesn't store a fault code, but In so far as I can remember the Nissan ECU stores the code and does not clear until
• Design faults old and new which have caused misery 27 Aug 2007 (Forum)
  : - The wonderful SU electric petrol pump. New: - The seemingly random elecrtical failures which are caused by solder fatigue. These range from the famous VAG "Relay 109" to the failures of instrument panels (usually in parts), switch panels and some ECUs. The German manufacturers seem to have more than their fair
• Just got a mini cooper - what to watch? 24 Sep 2006 (Forum)
  Girlfriend has just traded my Rover 75 in for a 53plate MINI Cooper as I am getting an A4 soon. Was really pleased that I got the same trade in as I bought the car for 2 years ago, especially as it has starting issues that has been put down to fuel pump and ECU!!! Anyway is there anything
• Camper van with 1.9tdi Passat engine 29 Jun 2006 (Forum)
  no turbo at all but if I rev hard say in 2nd it suddenly cuts in or if I stop then restart it sometimes comes straight back. I've read other peoples postings on the same problem but being a complete dougnut when it comes to anything but driving the thing I don't understand what AFN, ECU,EGR IIRC or any
• vw golf markIV stdi engine cut out 31 Mar 2006 (Forum)
  . I have had ECU electronically checked and it shows no fault codes. Fuel filter also changed. During the last couple of weeks the engine has just cut out about 5 times when driving. The revs suddenly drop and the engine cuts out. Upon restarting the ignition the engine fires again OK. I have had
• Mercedes 190e 2.0 auto idling problem 24 Apr 2005 (Forum)
  that it stalls. I have had the ECU checked - OK, cleaned the idle control valve (+changed it over for another second hand one), checked the temp control sensor (+changed that over), also checked the over voltage relay; and replaced the lambda sensor. Any ideas, I am determined to fix it; the car is so good
• Weired Golf GTI problem 3 Dec 2004 (Forum)
  the car stops as if there is a fuel stoppage, in actual fact the fuel pump fuse has blown. When the fuse is replaced the car will start and run OK below 2000rpm. Above 2000rpm the fuse blows again! On both occasions it has gone to two different garages who disconnected the ECU and took it to VW to test
• Mondeo TDCi diagnostics 22 Nov 2004 (Forum)
  Ref; my May '02 Mondeo Ghia X TDCi 130. In 2.5 years and 82k miles I have had about 4 instances of the glow plug light flashing and the car taking two or three goes to start plus one instance where it went into 'emergency mode', I drove it to the dealer and they reprogrammed the ECU while I waited
• Puegeot 106 bunny hops! 18 Nov 2004 (Forum)
  or vise-versa. Stepper moter seems ok temperature sensor seems to change resistance with temperature. Bosch single point injection. Any ideas ECU throttle/injection, stepper/pot, sensor or wiring? Help please, driving me balmy!!
• Ford Mondeo TDDi 2.0 90ps Tuning Box 18 Sep 2004 (Forum)
  , it will instruct the ECU to inject more fuel during hard driving, consuming more mpgs, hence overall will be balanced out. Anyone has any experience on this product? Any problems associated with it? Engine integrities due to strain on fuel pump possible?
• Peugeot 406 climate control fault 7 Apr 2004 (Forum)
  of additional "control box" (apparently specifically for the aircon) onto the ECU. 1) Does anyone know is there a proper name or part number for this "control box"? 2) Would replacing the control panel work? From what he's said, I don't think the term "control panel" means the facia on the dash, but some
• Wet Rover won't start 30 Mar 2003 (Forum)
  of the following is new in the last 12 months - battery, starter coil, all plug leads, plugs, distributor cap/rotor arm, vacuum pipes for starter sequence, air filter and the engine bay relays. I've also fitted a rubber coil cover off of a later model and cleaned all of the low tension leads from the ECU but all
• Peugeot 307 SW - 2005 Peugeot 307 1.6hdi Engine issues 5 Apr 2019 (Forum)
  - Engine Torque Engine Torque sent on the too low P1351 -  Preheating relay circuit relay supplied and never supplied P0299 - Turbo pressure regulation Turbo pressure measured too low P0483 - Cooling function incorporated into ECU fault. Consistency between fan speed and setting
• Citreon - My car will fail it's MoT if I put winter tyres on 23 Dec 2017 (Forum)
  will not cause an issue with an MOT Most vehicle ECUs will store data for both winter and summer tyres and specialist equipment allows clonning of TPMS valves so cheap valves can be fitted and clonned very easily. Biggest problems is garages wont invest in TPMS clonning equipment as they dont see
• 2016 Peugeot 308 1.2 THP - Engine cutting out dangerously when driving 19 Apr 2017 (Forum)
  on the cars computer listings. So far Peugeot have carried out an ECU and gearbox update and next are to fit a new petrol pump. I have been without the car for 7 days which include an aborted trip to Calais and the courtesy car they tell me does not cover me in France. Feeling very frustrated as have no faith
• Ford fiesta style 2007 - Ford fiesta 07 style misfire\engine warning 19 Feb 2016 (Forum)
  spent as much on petrol as I have fixing the thing , does anyone have a vague idea of what else could be causing the misfiring problem?  Should also add we had the ECU taken out and there was an error with it but it was fixed , supposedly  
• Vauxhall Zafira A - fuel pump 25 Jul 2015 (Forum)
  beforehand.  after a lot of investigation it was narrowed down to a fault on the fuel pump/ ecu. My car is currently off the road being repaired.     Today I used my husbands car for work. A 2004 1.9 dci Renault megane. Started fine then all of a sudden wouldn't start,  had
• Renault Clio II - Recommendations for bluetooth OBD2 port reader 20 Mar 2015 (Forum)
  I've got an issue with my Mk2 Clio misfiring/running uneven when starting from cold. I've taken it to a garage a few times but they've not been able to find any fault code so either the fault isn't generating a code or other codes have pushed the fault codes out of the ECU's memory (I've
• YARIS TR D-4D 5 DOOR HATCHBACK 1364cc - Toyota Yaris Recall 4 Mar 2015 (Forum)
  intercooler layout to improve air flow; upgrade ECU software; upgrade turbo charger
• Peugeot 106 - non starter 11 Jul 2014 (Forum)
  replacements to rule out a dud but no go. So after checking the car over engine cranks normally but no spark and no petrol cross wired pump and that runs ok so not the problem. So I think starter relay changed it no go so maybe a prob with imobiliser so changed out ecu and aerial coil on ignition no go have