Cabin : Flight 001 Location : Brighton, East Sussex U.K. Posts : 14337 Join date : 2009-09-27
Subject: Re: Emissions problems Thu Jan 26, 2017 12:53 pm
sparkysteve wrote:
Hi,
Do you have a Water-Cooled or Air-cooled Brazilian?
If its an Air-cooled then I have some vast experience of the Air-cooled engine and MOT emission problems. Happy to help, please ask any questions.
Please feel free to visit my Blog for details of my emission problems and Service and Diagnostic manuals on my Blog. Links below.
Steve
Aircooled Steve - as in Profile.
________________________________________________________________________________ Max SportsKombi - The Bay Racer @brazilianvwbay
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Subject: Re: Emissions problems Thu Jan 26, 2017 4:06 pm
Thank you found out this morning it's corrosion in the ecu unit ,being sent for repair hopefully ,if not new one and sensor and relay ,all a bit beyond me ,thanks for all suggestions .
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Cabin : Flight 001 Location : Brighton, East Sussex U.K. Posts : 14337 Join date : 2009-09-27
Subject: Re: Emissions problems Thu Jan 26, 2017 4:23 pm
JackieC wrote:
Thank you found out this morning it's corrosion in the ecu unit ,being sent for repair hopefully ,if not new one and sensor and relay ,all a bit beyond me ,thanks for all suggestions .
Corrosion in the ECU?? I've never heard of that one!!! How on earth did that occur? I'd understand an ECU fault if a positive charge had accidentally been put across the ECU body, we've had that before. But not corrosion ......
________________________________________________________________________________ Max SportsKombi - The Bay Racer @brazilianvwbay
Subject: Re: Emissions problems Thu Jan 26, 2017 4:44 pm
I can't work how an earth an ECU could get corroded and if it was damaged surely you'd have a non starter on your hands. I would question that diagnosis JackieC.
Subject: Re: Emissions problems Thu Jan 26, 2017 5:29 pm
Hi. I had a faulty ecu. I managed to get a replacement and sent my old one for repair. The bill to repair was x2.5 the cost of replacement.
This was the major cause of my emissions failures. The ecu was not corroded but had a faulty signal ground on the lambda sensor. Let me know if you need the details of the Brazilian supplier of ecu.
