Best engineers know to admit they might be wrong

Started by NealPeal, October 13, 2018, 02:26:54 PM

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NealPeal

So ive started my  car, black smoke and no lambda again.. pumped some fuel out the rail, heated the lambda heater with 12v. Everything ive ever tried...

To save holding 2 wires together in the steering together that notmally would go to the ignition i stuck a clothes peg on them.. suddenlty the lambda wave returned and the smell of fuel went.. Today i just started it holding them together at first, then let go...

I think this might have been my problem all along.. coincidences might have come together to screw me up.!! I might well have joined them after playing with something else.!!!

Cool, i learned something today..
Matt, lets disable your immobiliser in the same way, just a thought

Cool :-)

Neal

vwmk3jon

This is exactly why I hate wiring!!! Especially if an immobilizers involved.

NealPeal

I'd recommend making your own immobiliser with a cheap IOT-Relay kit, I've got a few here. These little boards can be wifi clients or access points. A day's coding on a pair of them, a battery and a keybox would make an easy security device.! There's no way of stopping someone getting round it by sticking 12V on the Lambda Heater without customising the factory loom-extension as far as I know anyway.!

The last time I closed the bonnet on the car I was/am dejected. It was running fine.... then I refilled it with antifreeze and it seemed OK for 20 minutes, then it just started backfiring and wouldn't start again no matter what I did with the keyswitch wiring.
I am worried about how much water came out the exhaust after I'd left it for a month..! I'm wondering about water in the petrol, or worse a rotten head leaking.! (cheers for the nod Paul)

When I get back I'll stick a camera down each bore and look for moisture and probably rust. I imagine the exhaust will be wet and corroded let alone the cat.

Still, might be better in the spring.! For now, it looks nice, they are the perfect shape for a car!

:-) Cheers
NEAL