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Haha yeah I noticed what id said just as I sent it. Thinking too hard about cranking. It could do with a scan, ive never had one done on it. I needed to get one anyway cos the ABS light has recently come on. Ill have a look and see if I can find anyone round here who'll do one. If its an easy job I might just replace the cam sensor anyway

cam not crank :bonk:

Thanks Roger. The immobiliser is a toad cat1 so its not the standard one, would that still show on vagcom? It was already on the car when I bought it but ive got all the papers and stuff for it. Cheers but im in Newcastle upon Tyne so it would be a bit of a mission. Ill get it on vagcom tho and see what it says. Whats involved in changing the crank sensor? Mine does take up to 5 secs of cranking. Had a vr6 before and this ones always been slower to start

Ok, so cars working again today??? Relays doing what theyre supposed to and its starting no bother. All ive done is wiggle the wires that go into the ecu and make sure its plugged in right. coincidence? Will have a closer look to make sure wires are all ok and all the terminals on the plug are nice and clean. It did it on my drive this time but next time I mite not be so lucky so any other thoughts on the matter would be appreciated.

Cheers swiftkid. I havnt tried the fuel line but I will have a look. Ill try bridging the relays aswell and see what happens. Im pretty sure theyre working Ok, ive got the covers off them so I can see them moving. Ill still check anyway cos its easy enough to do and I guess they cud be broke but still move. Ill be well happy if thats all it is

Hello, hope someone can help, Ive searched and I can find things which are similar, but not quite the same as my problem. My car is a 93 vr6 with 150k. I use it every day and have done for years, and its normally ok, bit slow to start but fine when it warms up, other niggles but it works fine most of the time. Last week I took it 200 miles down country and back and it was excellent. Fair enough I was doing 50 a lot of the time, and trying to get good mpg, but I still managed to amaze myself with 39.8mpg both ways. Anyway, now it wont start. Turns over fine but wont fire. Ive been checking the fuel pump and ecu relays, I know they can be an issue and ive had bother in the past with my last corrado with these. Seems this one might have problems aswell... Ive got the covers off them so I can see exactly what theyre doing. When I turn the ignition on the ecu relay closes and the fuel pump relay closes briefly then opens again, just a tap. As far as I know this correct. Then when you turn the key to start it the fuel pump relay is meant to close and assuming everything else goes well the car should start. Then the fuel pump relay stays closed till you turn the engine back off. Well my relay isn't closing when I turn the key to start. I know the relay works and that theres power to it because it taps when I turn the ignition on. I can close the relay with my finger and hear the fuel pump going. Ive tried trying to start it and pressing the relay myself but it still wont start. Ive also tried a different relay and the problem remains. Battery isn't an issue because I had it on the jump leads while I was trying to start it. So.... if anyones had this or has any ideas please throw them my way :scratch: