help.

[djpaulsimpson]

im in spain where i live with my 2001 Tuscan., only thing is, no dealers here, having a few niggly problems,(efi fault, engine management issues,) and im desperate to find some kind of workshop manual, can anyone help, im prepared to pay big bucks for any publication that can help me.

Thanks
Paul

[toobin]

Hi Paul, can't help with the book but an EFI fault is usually cases by wet electrics either rain or in your case washing it I guess. Nothing to worry about, it goes when it dries

[Basil Brush]

Apart from water related, most of the efi warning and running problems i've had have been lambda sensor related. My cars been through about 5 so far.

[djpaulsimpson]

many thanks, ill get hold of one somewhere & get my guy over here to replace the sensor, is it a big job or something i could do myself ?, i did have some moisture related problems but the efi fault has pretty much been there since i got the car 3 weeks ago.. its intermittent but there 98% of the time, Thanks
P

[BigGriff]

Have you got the diagnostic software as that helps? If not I will mail it to you. You will need to either make up a serial lead or buy one.

R

[djpaulsimpson]

would appreciate that very much , email, [e-mail], i saw some other stuff about the cable on here but any advice on making 1 would be great, is it the connector under right of steering colunm, ?
Cheers
P

[djpaulsimpson]

hi all, ive had the following new parts fitted to try & rectify the efi fault & other things, i.e. a small leak from oil pump.
1, lambda probes
2, water & oil temp sensors,
3, oil pressure sensor, seals & belt.
4, new plugs & leads checked (ok)
5, ecu unplugged ( to try & reset display )

now instead of the fault being there when the ignition is switched on it only appears when engine is started,, and then sometimes only when its warmed up to about these temps. (water 73, oil 50), ive yet to make the diagnostic cable which im making today. Can i use the ecu software to rectify it ?, any ideas as to what els i can do apart from ship the car back to u.k. which i only wanted to do at service time really. also ive got the following fault codes, J & E, J is a new one since i had the oil pump work done, i know what they mean, but can i fix them, if so how?

Many thanks
Paul