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Offline davidopresto

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Re: Wont Start....HELP PLEASE!
« Reply #20 on: 30 March 2013, 23:03 »
I did the fuel test today and im definately getting fuel, filled half a jar in seconds  :tongue:

I found my TOAD alarm and its definately nothing to do with that as it all works fine

Did a fault test today as well, engine came up with no faults....

So confusing...

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Re: Wont Start....HELP PLEASE!
« Reply #21 on: 31 March 2013, 09:11 »
The other things u can try check your injectors by lifting up the fuel rail and seing if the injectors are spraying if they are then its check your engine timing then after that compression test

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Re: Wont Start....HELP PLEASE!
« Reply #22 on: 31 March 2013, 13:25 »
Doesn't the agg have a cam position sensor,i havnt seen this mentioned in this thread and have heard you will only get one spark with ignition when this is playing up.

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Re: Wont Start....HELP PLEASE!
« Reply #23 on: 31 March 2013, 13:59 »
Agg dont have cam sensors as the dizzy is providing the ignition at the correct time the crank sensor is telling the ecu were the engine is at and the dizzy follows the engine and sparks at tdc

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Re: Wont Start....HELP PLEASE!
« Reply #24 on: 31 March 2013, 21:54 »
right guys, had a play around with it today and after a few little fiddles, it started.....

i left it running and after 5/10minutes it just died. and wouldnt start again. Then after a few hours i had another go and it started again. 5/10 minutes later, it died again  :angry:

this makes me think its something to do with the engine warming up and cutting out or something along those lines?

BUT the fact that it can start and idle tells me that everything works i.e fuel pump, spark plugs and so on but something is causing it to cut out...

Extremely confusing and very stressful  :embarrassed:


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Re: Wont Start....HELP PLEASE!
« Reply #25 on: 31 March 2013, 22:09 »
167 fuel pump relay.When they get warm the contacts inside the relay can seperate causing you car to cut out.Same happened to me mate. :wink:

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Re: Wont Start....HELP PLEASE!
« Reply #26 on: 31 March 2013, 22:47 »
This sounds plausible... I need to somehow get it started again and put my ear to the relay and listen for a click as it turns off i suppose.

I forgot to mention also, after i ran it the first time i tried fault coding the engine and it came out with a fault on the oxygen flow sensor or something? is that the lambda sensor?

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Re: Wont Start....HELP PLEASE!
« Reply #27 on: 01 April 2013, 00:36 »
How does it run if you hold the accelerator down to 2.5k revs will it cut out or is this only idle problem then cut

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Re: Wont Start....HELP PLEASE!
« Reply #28 on: 01 April 2013, 01:33 »
when it was running i held it on around 3k revs (i was doing it from under the bonnet so im not sure exactly) i held it there for about 10 seconds roughly and it didnt cut out, after that i left it to idle and as mentioned it cut out 5 minutes later  :undecided:

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Re: Wont Start....HELP PLEASE!
« Reply #29 on: 01 April 2013, 07:55 »
Oxygen Flow Sensor could also be known as Mass Air Flow sensor or (MAF).Did you disconnect that by pulling the plug on it at any time.If so,it will show up as a fault on VAGCOM,so you need to delete that fault before you re-scan.I would still say Fuel Pump Relay and as it is a cheap part best to change that first.Always look at the cheaper remedies before thinking of throwing money at more expensive "uneccessary" parts.What i mean is cheap things like relays,thorttle body cleaner,checking all earths etc.Instead of expensive new injectors,new MAF,new ECU,new DISTRIBUTOR etc. :wink: