Author Topic: Urgent help! car will not start! - what a morning!  (Read 1219 times)

Offline Deefadog

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After the usual Monday morning fiasco - drop baby off at cresh etc

The wife droped me home and i went to start up my pride and joy!

Starter turning fine, but she will not start! - car is garaged so it's not the wet weather!

So, i have taken today off to solve it! any particular places to check? i am going to check all the eletriacal connection first!

Also yesterady i unplugged the ecu thingy (in the tray), just to check the connections and they were fine, could i have reset or done something there?

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Re: Urgent help! car will not start! - what a morning!
« Reply #1 on: 18 July 2005, 10:53 »
OK, think it is definitely the ecu as i tried to remove the big connector, but could not, i prised the metal clip at the end nearest the engine, and comes away, but the top end will not! i even un did the screw that is there and nothing!

How do you remove this???

So i pushed it back in and then my fuel pump was dead (no prime) , so i pull the ecu connection again and back and the fuel was alive again! and she started! **Thank god**

Really need to know how to remove this connector, to give it a good clean as the pins must be dirty i don't want to force it!

Thanks in advance!
« Last Edit: 18 July 2005, 11:23 by deefadog »
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Re: Urgent help! car will not start! - what a morning!
« Reply #2 on: 18 July 2005, 14:45 »
Did it :)
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