Matt_Pantz
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Registered: 28th Apr 04
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Hi,
I have a 96 corsa sport (X14XE), as i was coming up from suffolk to staffordshire today, i pulled out of a service station, and the speedo no londer worked (assumed the cable had snapped, great!), then about 10 miles up the road the ECU light comes on, fantastic i thought! anything else want to go wrong?!!, as i coasted to a halt for a traffic queue, the engine died, woohoo!, turned the key off and restarted and all was fine again, at this point i was starting to get a little panicy as the next stage of the journey was on the M6. managed to nurse the car my destination at a steady pace (70ish, can't be sure didn't have a speedo  ).
have just done the paperclip test and it's revealed a vehicle speed sensor fault, which makes sense, but is the sensor on the cable or something? is there a way i can bodge round said sensor to get me home without the thing cutting out everytime i stop? how easy is the speedo cable to change?
Sorry for the long post,
Cheers,
Matt
[Edited on 29-10-2004 by Matt_Pantz]
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Darren
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The ECU light is one coz of the snapped cable. Theres no way around this is the sensor is in the dash. Not difficult to fix new one, just bit cramped 
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Matt_Pantz
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Cheers mate, thought this maybe the case, seems a pretty stupid place to have the sensor, never mind eh! so is the car ok to drive distance then? the lack of this sensor input won't have any other disastorous effects to the car other than the stalling?
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Matt_Pantz
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One other thing thats just sprung to mind, anyone know what speed i'll be doing in relation to revs/gear? i know that 4 grand in 5th is just over 80, but thats not a lot of use for a 30 zone! cheers for your help
Matt
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Darren
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quote:
Originally posted by Matt_Pantz
Cheers mate, thought this maybe the case, seems a pretty stupid place to have the sensor, never mind eh! so is the car ok to drive distance then? the lack of this sensor input won't have any other disastorous effects to the car other than the stalling?
Dont think so, i drove mine for quite a while lol
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Darren
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quote:
Originally posted by Matt_Pantz
One other thing thats just sprung to mind, anyone know what speed i'll be doing in relation to revs/gear? i know that 4 grand in 5th is just over 80, but thats not a lot of use for a 30 zone! cheers for your help
Matt
in 4th - 1.5ish is 30
(i think)
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Stoneojuggalo
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Registered: 8th Mar 04
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Not necasarily the cable, could be ur ciggy lighter fuse which is also connected to ur speedo. Check that b4 u do anything, then report back.
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Adam-D
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was gonna say check the fuses
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Darren
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his car is pre-facelift and therefore has a speedo cable, no fuses are linked with it unlike the face lift models 
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Matt_Pantz
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All sorted now, cable had gone about 3 inches up from the gearbox, luckily the nearest dealer had a cable in stock, got it for £26, bit of a dog to fit but i managed to blag the help of a local mechanic and his work area which made life easier,
thanks for your help guys 
Matt
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