Riley

tidy m8,i thought this was my post when i saw it :lol: what was your p best? neil. :wink:

yep,think ill do that 8)

make sure you get the correct colour g12 (red or blue) you cant mix them. although theres now a g12+ that will mix with either (purple colour) its in a diffarent bottle to the norm too.

aye,had the car in gear and the brakes on,im just not confident it was tight enough really. ill just give it one shot,and if it wont budge then ill leave it :) unless i get the car high enough for room for the torque wrench,and nip it that way.80nm as far as i know. what to do about the chips/ecu's? gonna go up to the unit later,shall i try any diffarent combinations of ecu/chip or not bother? do i need to be sending the psd/sns chip back? neil.

no nylon as far as i know gavin,ive worn rubber gloves each time ive swapped a chip too. i always wear em when messing with the car :oops: yep,dx crank bolt,i didnt torque it up,just 'tightened' it till i got some more loctite.

guys,what should i do now? is it time to start testing ecu's in other cars,but which chips? and which ecu's? :? or can we not work out whats what with other ecu/chip combinations? its confusing i tell ya that much! standard chip was fine and then after swapping from the psd chip it wasnt :? just remembered i need to remove the crank pully bolt to loctite it as id run out when i put it in...

aye at least i know the head is alright for many miles to come. the original ecu wont work with either the psd chip or the standard one. do you think the psd chip is killing ecu's? need to get new t body gaskets and finish tidying the lambda/injector wiring before i can drive it,the t-body gaskets are on back order at vw :x

confusing eh m8 :lol: i didnt try the superchip in the old ecu again. i think which ever chip goes in the original ecu,it wont run,the ecu is dead i think. as for the new one? it dosnt like the psd chip or the standard one. but when i tried the superchip it seems ok.

new ecu turned up today. disconnected battery. plugged in ecu and vac pipe. re connected battery. it started and ticked over perfectly,left it a while and revved it up,perfect. disconnected battery. took out the standard chip,and replaced with psd chip. re connected battery. started up and instantly had the problem again. ah,must be the chip? swapped it for the standard chip,started,still had the problem. :? i then took apart both ecu's, put the original superchip (which came with car) into the new ecu. put the psd chip into the original ecu. when swapping them round,it will run on the superchipped ecu and not on the psd ecu. bear in mind all i have done is have it ticking over/revving in the unit.(lot of hassle to get it out) un wrapped all the lambda loom to double check it (id spliced a new connector on before),all looked fine,wire next to sensor wire a little flaky... wrapped it all back up anyway and then realised id left the wiring for the afr disconnected :mad: just unwrapped it all again and bodged it up. ive got headache from the fumes and my back is killing me.

new ecu turned up today. disconnected battery. plugged in ecu and vac pipe. re connected battery. it started and ticked over perfectly,left it a while and revved it up,perfect. disconnected battery. took out the standard chip,and replaced with psd chip. re connected battery. started up and instantly had the problem again. ah,must be the chip? swapped it for the standard chip,started,still had the problem. :? i then took apart both ecu's, put the original superchip (which came with car) into the new ecu. put the psd chip into the original ecu. when swapping them round,it will run on the superchipped ecu and not on the psd ecu. bear in mind all i have done is have it ticking over/revving in the unit.(lot of hassle to get it out) un wrapped all the lambda loom to double check it (id spliced a new connector on before),all looked fine,wire next to sensor wire a little flaky... wrapped it all back up anyway and then realised id left the wiring for the afr disconnected :mad: just unwrapped it all again and bodged it up. ive got headache from the fumes and my back is killing me.

henny,ah i see... rmn,lambda tested,no smell of fuel. and my afr gauge flicks from ok-rich on tickover. the plugs (nearly new) are a little black,ive also tried my old ones with no change. the afr was doing the same as it is now,before the problem started.

ok,ok of course i realise people are trying to help,and im sure you know i appreciate it. its at the stage now where its pointing towards the ecu,darren was on the phone to me while we tested everything we possibly could. i also replaced the chip with my old superchip,no change. the timing is good,all sensors are good,earths are all good,theres really nothing else to try. :? everything tested with multimeyer etc... like i say theres an ecu and a throttle body on the way for the measly sum of £5.00 to cover postage (thanks paul) so if it dies through trying it on my car then its no big loss. could someone testing my (possibly dodgy) ecu not damage there car? i can post it to someone if they want to try it? i really dont know what else anyone could test/try for me,surely it makes sense to try the 5 quids worth of ecu rather than have people going out of there way until ive tried it? oh i tried a known working coil i have lying around too,no change. and the digital rev counter does work,so the clocks must be fecked.

gibber,theres no need to get like that m8,i think you need to start reading the topic with a little more interest if you are genuinely interested,page 12 maybe? where i wrote about all the sensors/vac/earths being tested and fine. first of all im getting conflicting advice as what to do,second of all my life is in bits at the moment (irrelevant i know) thirdly,ive got an ecu on the way,in the post ya know? why bother making henny drive all the way up here with an ecu? fourthly,am i coming across like a total thick bastard or what? i know how to do things such as ive been doing..... or do you want to come over and plug the ecu in for me when it arrives? :?

i used sandpaper... oh aye,bit of wet n dry would work too,autosol will get it like a mirror for that extra little 'bling'

sounds like you had some fun there gavin :( aye,id imagine it could have sat with the parking lights on due to the dodgy indicater wiring? if it was sat long enough... in fact if power was transferred to the wiper wiring then they would have been going off too :!: edit:actually,for any power to be going through the wiring,the indicater stalk would have needed leaving on,not sure m8.

if youre skint like me :roll: bit of autosol brings the original up nicely :wink: you will have to keep on top of it though,with it not being stainless and all... just polish it everytime you polish the car. i like the magnex ovals.

oh,good thinking m8,cheers! neil.

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i sold the g60 bbs a while back for £235 including delivery if thats anything to go by...without tyres. man,i should have reaaaaaly stressed how rare they were :lol:

aye. im starting to like the skoda octavia vrs jobbies and the seat cupra r's... see what happens with the rado first though,friggin thing! :x just wondering if the rev counter (stopped working) which i believe is fed by the coil,could be something to do with my problem? if the coils dodgy could it cause this? neil.

:lol: thanks m8.

nowt wrong wi' that m8 :wink: :lol:

i bought that kit for mine,it would not work correctly,the linkage was hitting itself and the car! the spindle was also wobbling where it sticks through the panel. got a storm kit after sending it back,no probs at all. and it works well. 8)

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im not sure m8,i can tell you that all the mk1's have the smaller splines up until around 1988 (cab obviously) where they changed to the larger spline. neil.