Another non-starter...

[Ian WBK]

Would be grateful for any ideas anybody might have on a weird fault my 97 Chim has developed.

The car (fitted with the original Meta alarm)cranks over but refuses to start. After eliminating various other possible faults i.e. fuel pump, fuses , coil, distributor cap, I have identified that the fuel injectors are not receiving the pulses from the ECU (no reading on an LCD multimeter). Interestingly, after disconnecting the battery and re-connecting it the car worked for a whole day but now its not starting again and no amount of dis-connecting and re-connecting helps To add insult to injury my wokmate has lent me a Peugot 309

[chimburt]

sounds like a dodgy connector ( not the pug! )?

if it worked for a while after re-connection, then it could be would be the ecu itself.....
gulp. maybe go find a dealer/specialist who has a spare ecu lying around?

good luck.

[Ian WBK]

Thanks for the reply - it may be looking that way, I've spoken to one local garage that thinks one of the sensors may not be functioning properly but I wouldn't have thought that would have stopped the pulse signal going to the injectors. Time and money will tell I guess I will keep PH posted.

[spend]

Are the ECU relays & fuses OK?

[Ian WBK]

Hi ya Spend

Thanks for your interest.

Yeap, the all the fuses and the two metal cased relays have all checked out O.K. I will be getting my head under the bonnet again tomorrow - that's what weekends are for right ?!

[Ian WBK]

Well in case anyboby does a search and finds this thread - I will just give you an update on the situation.

After a couple of referals I have finally confirmed the ECU is a fault (R reg only 34K on the clock !) the nice guys at Austec let me try it in one of their cars. A Repair is being arranged for 200.00 GBP (Camco88) so it's not too bad an end I guess...

N.B. Been told to check the earth on the ECU and that the output on the alternator is correct.