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Looking forward to the update Cliff
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Good luck with it and at least you'll have some spare bolts which are always handy to have to hand
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Best time of the year to get all these odd jobs done.
What did the carbon clean cost our of interest?
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Let us know how it goes
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let us know how it goes....good luck!
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Not sure of the exact specification of the bolts but I would be tempted to remove one from one of the seats and source some replacements at Screwfix or similar store
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Hi....welcome to the Forum
I use a Carsoft scan tool as this will cover many areas of the vehicle as opposed to just the engine
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Not sure the ECU would work without programming into the system but certainly worth a try if its cheap enough.
Certainly sounds like its had many issues in the past.
Keep us updated on how it all goes
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Thats a great result Cliff, sometimes it can be a simple adjustment but not if someone has been there before and messed it up.
Thanks again for the update information
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can you post up a link to it?
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Hi Steve....welcome to the Forum
I personally do not have any knowledge of the connecting lead, sorry!
Hopefully someone will have the answer and get back to you if not then would recommend asking a specialist car audio company.
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Keep us updated on what they find
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Hi.....welcome to the Forum
If it has a turbocharged engine then sometimes the variable vanes become gummed up with carbon through lack of revs to keep everything clean and moving.
You can buy a cleaner to run through the turbo to clean it up and a good blast helps to shift the carbon.Also, it could be an Air Mass Meter (MAF sensor) fault which is causing the loss of power.
https://autoevoke.com/index.php?/news/forums/guide-to-maf-sensors-r134/A scan of the fault code memory should reveal some more information as to what is going on
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It sounds like a driveshaft problem but i would definitely take it into a garage to have it checked out as it doesn't sound good
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Hi Phil....welcome to the Forum
Its a fine car and should do what it says on the tin
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Hi....welcome to the forum
The easiest way to check glow plugs is with a multimeter and check the resistance of each one, they should all be roughly the same.
The one with a different resistance is probably the faulty one
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Glad to hear your positive result and cheap part as well !
I would give the engine a good blast and see if that clears the lambda faults, sometimes thats all they need
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Hi .... welcome to the forum
It would certainly need a power supply from the reverse light bulb to make it live when reverse is selected but without seeing a circuit diagram to know whether this is enough to communicate with the display (e.g. bluetooth connection ?)
Let us know how you get on with it
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There would be two lambdas, one for upstream and other downstream of the cat.
The upstream one calculates the fuel mix and the downstream one reads the efficiency through the cat and feeds back accordinglyHopefully the replacement CTS will do the job
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Hi ..... welcome to the Forum
Shame you have to get shot of it as these cars are getting rarer by the day.
I'm sure there would be lots of interest if you put it on eBay and watch the bidding to gain an idea of worth
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Hi....welcome to the Forum
I would start with the coolant temperature sensor which is normally located on the top of the engine near to the thermostat housing area and within the cylinder head.
Firstly I would check the plug going to it isn't broken or corroded.The cooling fan switch should only run the cooling fan and not provide any feedback to the gauge.
The thermostat shouldn't be an issue regarding the fan starting up from cold and also the gauge but its worth checking that all coolant hoses are similar temperature when running.
Let us know what you find
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Hi Vinny.....welcome to the Forum
here is a selection of radiator hoses depending on the type you have
I tend to look at the correct one and try to get a part number from it and then do a search for that
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Hi....welcome to the Forum
Sounds like the system has lost its memory
P2102Featured snippet from the web
OBD II Fault CodeThe throttle motor is controlled by the engine computer (PCM). If the PCM does not see the requested movement from the throttle motor, code P2102 will set. The PCM may also put the engine into "limp home mode", limiting the available power from the engine to prevent unwanted acceleration.
I would ensure the fuse is securely located in position and the battery is fully charged and then try turning it over with the throttle pedal moving up and down smoothly to relearn the settings
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It sounds like the coil packs or spark plugs are failing under load.
You will need to replace the coil packs with QUALITY replacement parts and also the Spark Plugs will need to be set to the precise gaps and torque to the correct setting, otherwise the fault will continue in the future.