v8rumbler 0 Posted September 12, 2011 Rob I feel your pain--- been there in the past with other cars. One mistake I have made before is to buy a new part and assume that it will work. Don't forget the possibility that the 'new' crank sensor could be faulty. The other thing to check is the wiring from the crank sensor. If that is faulty the ECU will not receive the required info. Darren Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
robrado974 1 Posted September 12, 2011 Yea you are right darren its another thing to check . You just dont expect to buy a new part and its faulty though , it must happen i spose . I only got it because the vagcom showed it as a fault . I bought an ecu on fleebay last night for a score , thought for that sort of dough if mines dodgy at least i have one to replace it .Hopefully chris will be able to find the fault with the meter . I know matt has a good rep at volkscraft in exeter, but you have to get the car to him , so would have to get it up there , it might come to that. Regards Rob Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
robrado974 1 Posted September 15, 2011 Well me n chris langers have two hours on friday evenin spare ,so its off to the vr to do the checks we have been kindly advised to do by chris [rw1].If we fail to sort the problem ,think i will have to dig deep and trailer her up to matt at volkscraft . Rob . Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
v8rumbler 0 Posted September 16, 2011 Good luck tonight bud! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
robrado974 1 Posted September 16, 2011 Did all the checks from rw1[chris], tonight with langers . Everything has 12v except pin 23 on ecu.Then cleaned the multiwire plug . We were just about to go when chris said give it a turn anyway ,and she started !. So mabe dirt in a plug we cleaned or by moving a wire thats dodgy it has connected and solved the problem. So just need to find out what pin 23 does and what wire we disturbed. Big thanks to rw1 for all his help, and to langers with the meter .regards Rob Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Portent 0 Posted September 16, 2011 So glad to hear it's starting now :) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
8vMatt 1 Posted September 16, 2011 Great news buddy! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
robrado974 1 Posted September 16, 2011 thanks guys , im really pleased . Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chris Langdon 0 Posted September 16, 2011 no worries buddy;) just call us magic langers lol just dont ask me to count anything, in all fairness i do have man flu;)lol ---------- Post added at 09:26 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:16 PM ---------- Rob you need change your thread title to "langers is a legend and got my VR started"!!!! lol Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RW1 0 Posted September 16, 2011 Glad to hear :thumbleft: Well done you two! Pin 23 is the 12 volts switched, that comes in from the ECU relay 109. So it must be there for the engine to run. . Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
owen g60 10 Posted September 16, 2011 Bet you grinned like a Cheshire cat when it started :) Just the sound of it going would have made you forgive it for all its sins Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
robrado974 1 Posted September 16, 2011 Lol chris the man with magic hands . Thanks again chris[rw1]. Owen i didnt know what to do lol ,just stood there n thought ...f;;k my old boots how did that happen ?. At least now i can get her back to me garage . Regards Rob Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
owen g60 10 Posted September 16, 2011 I had a similar situation with my G60 a couple of months ago. Tried everything to get it going... it even spent 2 weeks in with a VAG specialist to no avail... swapped everything spark and fuel wise out including the ECU. Nothing worked for it :( After having it returned home by the garage... they didnt charge due to not fixing it, my mate came round with his VR and suggested we try jump leads one more time to see if it would work.... Nearly fell over when it sprang into life... guess it just needed some Rado company to make it feel better :D Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chris Langdon 0 Posted September 17, 2011 to be honest i did threaten it with scratching it and living out doors for the winter plus no 98 octane fuel when your back was turn Rob lol;) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WigsVR6 0 Posted September 17, 2011 Great news. This is what the forum is really about helping others out when in need. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
robrado974 1 Posted September 17, 2011 Thanks jim. Yes Wigs and its there for future searches for everyone aswell. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
v8rumbler 0 Posted September 19, 2011 well done Rob. Not only is she alive but It didn't cost anything other than time & stress !!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chrisspencer 10 Posted October 25, 2011 Thanks for putting me onto this post rob, I'm feeling that despair atm but this has made me feel better. Got plenty to go at now :) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
