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Author O dear have a problem :(
Foz
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22nd Apr 04 at 07:44   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Driving to work the engine management light come on and when in idle the revs are just going up and down and the tempature goes right up.

it's on the Gsi, anyone know what this sounds like?
BigSte
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22nd Apr 04 at 07:46   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
sounds like bad news
Foz
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22nd Apr 04 at 07:47   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
i'd imagine it was a sensor. gona have 2 get the diagnostic guy out. £30 before he tells me whats wrong.
Siberia
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22nd Apr 04 at 07:51   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
had same probelm on my 8v. Temp sensor was at fault. Car kept dying when stoped at traffic lights too.
Adam-D
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my engine light has come on twice yet the engine is running perfect?

so i turn the engine off and back on again and it goes out ? only done it twice im guessing its a connector. as for yours foz i think could be icv? or air flow meter possibly
Foz
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So the rev counter was goin up and down from 1k revs to 2k revs? Funny how it only did it this morning.
Foz
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22nd Apr 04 at 07:55   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
my ICV went on the 1.0 but the tempature gauge was normal. I tryed turning it off and on but still the same.
Siberia
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22nd Apr 04 at 07:56   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Adam-D
my engine light has come on twice yet the engine is running perfect?



i also had this. I know it could be different of your car but on mine speedo cable was on it way out.
Colin
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Is your fan working?
Adam-D
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yeah my speedo cable is fine-i think

ill check all conectors etc see if it stays out
Foz
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22nd Apr 04 at 08:01   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Dunno about the fan, should kick in on 90?
Siberia
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22nd Apr 04 at 08:10   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
yeh around that. did the problem happy when u were sitting in traffic?
Foz
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Yeh in traffic quite allot this morning, happened after driving for about 3/4 of a hour.
Tom
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Deffo gonna be a throttle position switch that, had the same on my sri sounds exactly as with mine.

Anyway get a diagnostics done to be sure.
Foz
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22nd Apr 04 at 08:30   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Tom what does that mean exactly.

The diagnostic man mite not make it today Grrrrrrrrr.
Colin
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quote:
Originally posted by Foz
Tom what does that mean exactly.

The diagnostic man mite not make it today Grrrrrrrrr.


Over heating - Thermostat or Thermostatic fan switch - Check if your fan is working. Dont let it over heat you will warp the head!

Lumpy Idle - Air flow/Mass meter or throttle position sensor. Both can be cleaned, but if its fucked its fucked

Both are common problems on GSi's.
Colin
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quote:
Originally posted by Colin J
quote:
Originally posted by Foz
Tom what does that mean exactly.

The diagnostic man mite not make it today Grrrrrrrrr.


Over heating - Thermostat or Thermostatic fan switch - Check if your fan is working. Dont let it over heat you will warp the head!

Lumpy Idle - Air flow/Mass meter or throttle position sensor. Both can be cleaned, but if its fucked its fucked

Both are common problems on GSi's.


Oh if your fan switch is fucked you can bridge it across with a piece of wire so you can use the car, its located at the bottom left of the radiator. Disconnect the battery, remove the plug to it, shove in a piece of wire looping the 2 contacts and hey presto, you got a fan.
Foz
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22nd Apr 04 at 09:19   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Could it be idle throttle valve? Apparently it could be stuck?
Colin
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quote:
Originally posted by Foz
Could it be idle throttle valve? Apparently it could be stuck?


Not to sure, It was one of the last things to go wrong with mine before I got shot of it I traded it in with a fucked TPS
Foz
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22nd Apr 04 at 09:33   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Why don't garages have diagnostics Grrr. I don't fancy goin down vaux they don't tell you much. Always say more tests need doing which = £££'s
Siberia
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22nd Apr 04 at 09:34   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
can ya not do the paperclip thingy?
Foz
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Looked abit complicated when i read about it once.
GREG 1
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quote:
Originally posted by Siberia
can ya not do the paperclip thingy?


This is what i done, best thing to do... You can tell what it is by the amount of beeps !

I had this and the sensor had gone.
Siberia
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quote:
Originally posted by Foz
Looked abit complicated when i read about it once.


?? ya jam a wiring in the plug/turn the key/count the ecu light flashes/relsove the code

and its free!
Foz
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22nd Apr 04 at 09:43   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Where is the ECU in a GSI?

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