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Injection system is Digifant!
Found the ECU, no obvious fault, wiring fine. Put it all back together, same problem - no start.
Called an Auto electrician, he turned the key and it ran. I waited for it to stop - 5 mins, 15 min ...
20 miles now and I'm waiting for it to stop again...
Rev-head, thanks very much.
The Audi technical CD I brought via eBay doesnt cover my injection system (all US stuff), so this will be very helpful.
Do you know where the ECU is? I pulled out the glovebox a few minutes ago - I couldnt see one??
THX
Bees
Thx, was hoping to never have to know where the ECU was, let alone mess about wth it, but hey ho.
I think the wiring on my car is too thin, several wires have already broken internally so I hope its wiring to the ECU not the unit itself.
Bees
Sorry dont know. its the ABK engine type. I've ordered an audi technical cd through ebay - trying to find technical info about my car seems very difficult - no haynes manaul etc.
Of the two audi types i know, its got the steel fuel rail above the injectors, not the fuel body with pipes to the...
good advice, its one of the first things i checked, but the pump is working (I've replaced the blaster!), theres fuel pressure in the rail - just no signal to the injectors.
I set the injection sys up on top of the engine and turned the dizzy around by hand. No voltage to the rail, on cranking...
Hi All,
Last week I was recovered by the AA! Driving along happliy in my Mreg 80 sport - 2.0 8v, when the engine just cuts out.
Traced the problem i believe to no fuel. The injectors are not being triggered. The distributor trigger is working, which leads me to think the problem must be in ECU...
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