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[Auto Addict]

Have you tried it with the spare key?

[prr]

worth checking the keys as this sort of happened to me put the car away all was fine it had been driven all day fine went to it the next morning and nothing with both keys and the eml was on it would only turn over not fire replaced the keys and then all ok

[Ken T]

unfortunately I don't have a spare, one of these things I was going to get real soon!. I have kind of given up on the OBDll interface; the fault information is probably there, but my software only reads the stored DTC's , not the other modes, so its no use. Its amazing there are, I think, 9 modes of information from OBDll that can give all sorts of data, trouble is getting software that can read and interpret it. I have just called out a mobile car electrician so we'll see what he thinks.

[Ken T]

Just had a very helpful electrician come out and spent over an hour diagnosing things. He read the various codes with a slightly more professional reader than my ELm, checked there were signals going to the coil pack, there was petrol at the rail, but the plugs were dry. He then found no signal to the injectors, hence confirming the immobiliser diagnosis. He recons its the transponder chip reader under the ignition that needs replacing and reprogramming. He can't do this but gave me the number of someone local who can hopefully. Not bad for £30.

[wheelchairkid]

Hi you should shar his name and number with the rest of of us
     You never know when things may got tits up

[Ken T]

Hi, he's a one man outfit, the company is All Car Electrics, he's in Heckmondwike, and the number is 07731 787825

[wheelchairkid]

Hi thanks for that I will add that to my list of useful number.
                              Cheers
                                 Jason

[Ken T]

I think I was a bit quick with the diagnosis. With the original transponder reader, the Emissions light and  Imobiliser light flash before trying to start. When churning over, the Immob light stays constant. I fitted the new reader, unprogrammed, and got the same response except the Immob light flashed while churning, which is what you would expect if it was unprogrammed. So there must be something the ECU is not liking at ignition time and hence it doesn't allow the injectors to fire. Any ideas ?.

[Kevin Wood]

Just a stab in the dark, but if the throttle position sensor was reporting full throttle for some reason, the ECU would go into flood clear mode, which would disable the injectors.

Kevin