Author Topic: mk2 ecu diagnostic plug... help my friend please..:)  (Read 2656 times)

Offline robz

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hi all, popped over from the mk3 section to ask a question for a freind...
hes having a jerking problem on his 1.8 8v gti and he has been told that there is no 16 pin plug to get it read for fault codes...
is that right??
if there is one where will it be?
its an h reg,
cheers all!!


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Re: mk2 ecu diagnostic plug... help my friend please..:)
« Reply #1 on: 21 May 2009, 11:18 »
Now I may be a numpty on this, but I don't think a MKII would have a diagnostics plug.

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Re: mk2 ecu diagnostic plug... help my friend please..:)
« Reply #2 on: 21 May 2009, 11:20 »
fair enough, just thought if it had an ecu it would store potential codes..?
thanks for your reply though!


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Re: mk2 ecu diagnostic plug... help my friend please..:)
« Reply #3 on: 21 May 2009, 11:41 »
digifant 2 ecu is daft
all the VW's have gone bar 1.

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Re: mk2 ecu diagnostic plug... help my friend please..:)
« Reply #4 on: 21 May 2009, 14:52 »
Think some of the US Spec digis had an led error code, we got none of that here tho.

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Re: mk2 ecu diagnostic plug... help my friend please..:)
« Reply #5 on: 21 May 2009, 15:27 »
they were digifant 1
all the VW's have gone bar 1.

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Re: mk2 ecu diagnostic plug... help my friend please..:)
« Reply #6 on: 21 May 2009, 18:32 »
ok cheers all....
so hes gonna have to live with it running like a sack of crap, lol...
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Re: mk2 ecu diagnostic plug... help my friend please..:)
« Reply #7 on: 21 May 2009, 19:36 »
ok he could set it up as per Rubjonnys set up guide  :wink: :wink: