bl1300
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Sept 11, 2011 15:31:06 GMT
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Ok so I've decided maybe it doesnt have one and adopting traditional diagnosis methods- no obvious spark (bearing in mind i'm looking at it in the daylight thru a windscreeen) I'm assuming if I had an inertia switch I'd still get a spark? :/ Just to check if you are looking through the windscreen the spark plug is earthed right. Otherwise it wont spark anyway. Get a mate to crank it over and hold the spark plug so that the metal part is touching the engine block. Spark should be fat and blue. |
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Current fleet.
1967 DAF 44
1974 VW Beetle 1303s
1975 Triumph Spitfire MkIV
1988 VW LT45 Beavertail
1998 Volvo V70 2.5
1959 Fordson Dexta
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md
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Sept 11, 2011 16:33:52 GMT
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I don't recall the AX 1l having the fuel cut of it was a later Saxo and 106 thing mainly. I'd check the fuel relay should be under the ecu iirc. Its is fuel injected version isnt it? yea single point - silly question but how do i check if the relay is working? :/ |
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Sept 11, 2011 19:34:20 GMT
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What specifically are the symptoms?
Does the engine turn over, but not start? Is the engine dead (i.e. doesn't turn over)? Does it try to start but not catch?
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md
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Sept 12, 2011 16:14:39 GMT
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its not getting fuel. am now getting a spark. getting voltage at the fuel relay which disappears when cranked over, no voltage reaching fuel pump - gonna try replacing the relay if not I assume it must be a wiring fault? :/
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ChasR
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Sept 12, 2011 18:12:13 GMT
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You could try 'shorting' the relay plugin point out briefly to see if the car will start with the fuel pump running, but caution is recommended.
*I may have done the above on an XR3i (a car known for killing fuel relays...)*
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md
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Sept 15, 2011 21:13:20 GMT
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found the problem - corroded wire where it passes into the inner wing - so totally unrelated to anything I'd done!! and now I've had enough of auto-electrics to last me a lifetime lol
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