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Offline Mikester

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Re: engine cut out at 60mph!!!!!!!!!
« Reply #10 on: 28 January 2008, 12:06 »
Bin them.

How do you get to relays, i presume the fusebox slides down somehow into the footwell to reveal them?

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Re: engine cut out at 60mph!!!!!!!!!
« Reply #11 on: 28 January 2008, 12:10 »
Bin them.

How do you get to relays, i presume the fusebox slides down somehow into the footwell to reveal them?

i can just about get at mine with the fusebox in place, is a bit fiddly though!!! :laugh:

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Re: engine cut out at 60mph!!!!!!!!!
« Reply #12 on: 28 January 2008, 12:24 »
i think it slides down :/

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Re: engine cut out at 60mph!!!!!!!!!
« Reply #13 on: 28 January 2008, 20:43 »
Recently had the same cutting out problem, it was the e.c.u power supply relay, position number 3 on the relay plate, took it out and carefully took plastic cover off the relay, found that a couple of the soldered joints had cracked, causing the car too cut out. very carefully re- soldered all the joints, and no more cutting out, as it used too do it daily  :smiley:.
Jochen.

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Re: engine cut out at 60mph!!!!!!!!!
« Reply #14 on: 28 January 2008, 22:47 »
Recently had the same cutting out problem, it was the e.c.u power supply relay, position number 3 on the relay plate, took it out and carefully took plastic cover off the relay, found that a couple of the soldered joints had cracked, causing the car too cut out. very carefully re- soldered all the joints, and no more cutting out, as it used too do it daily  :smiley:.
Jochen.

is it the one numbered 30 on it?

is it easy to get the plastic cover off and are the cracks in the solder joints obvious to see?

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Re: engine cut out at 60mph!!!!!!!!!
« Reply #15 on: 09 March 2008, 19:54 »
i changed my ECU relay on 12th feb and it hasn't done it since (touch wood) so hopefully that was a simple fix!!!