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Offline Seanl

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Re: car wont start. help please
« Reply #60 on: 20 November 2011, 16:12 »
Yep relays should have been one of the first to replace as their cheap and easy to do.
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« Reply #61 on: 20 November 2011, 18:54 »
Just had a mate round how know his sh!t with vdubs and hes found it has a spark when i turn the ignition on (not when i turn it over). Apperently thats not supposed to happen so hes advised me to change relays 30, 72 and 99


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« Reply #62 on: 20 November 2011, 19:01 »
worth a try but I dont think its your problem...

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« Reply #63 on: 20 November 2011, 19:10 »
Would you suggest anything?


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« Reply #64 on: 20 November 2011, 19:39 »
New plugs?? since you have been to the length of changing most of the other ignition components, do this.

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Re: car wont start. help please
« Reply #65 on: 20 November 2011, 20:45 »
I've already changed the plugs so its not them


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« Reply #66 on: 20 November 2011, 20:52 »
well why didnt you say???  :laugh: Compression test needed.

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« Reply #67 on: 20 November 2011, 21:24 »
Had to manually turn the engine when I changed the dizzy and it took some shifting but its obviously not a compression test


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Re: car wont start. help please
« Reply #68 on: 20 November 2011, 21:27 »
As said, start with relays. ECU and fuel pump relays - 30 being one of em, but I cant remember the other. They are about £12 I think, so should really have been one of the first things to be replaced being so common and so cheap to replace.  :smiley:
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Re: car wont start. help please
« Reply #69 on: 20 November 2011, 22:20 »
Cmon this ^ you aint lost much if it isnt the prob,sean the other one your thinkin is 167 i think :tongue: