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[TheBoy]

I was a bit suprised it was that simple as you could almost do the reset by accident  
My merc is quick succession of button presses.....unless you know the right order, no way in a million years could you do by accident....and even i sometimes have to have a few goes at it....not being fast enuf usually....part of the sequence is press a button twice within 1 second!

It has to be easy for most Vx monkeys to do

BTW, I have found a good Vx technician working in a dealer. Top bloke he is...

[Taxi_Driver]

Oh and forgot to mention.....oil/filter change plus air filter and new plugs.

I have some plugs and air filter that were supposed to go on my other veccy, but got missed when it came back last week.....im hoping they will be ok for this veccy.

Tried to buy fire extinguiser and first aid kit on Halfaulds trade card last week....they wernt having any of it  

[Taxi_Driver]

It has to be easy for most Vx monkeys to do

BTW, I have found a good Vx technician working in a dealer. Top bloke he is...

 

and

  or is there a pun to follow??  :-/

[Martin_1962]

EML or emmisions light?

[Taxi_Driver]

EML......funny thing is emissions has been on most of the week.....that went out and EML came on....and stayed on.....back to vx me thinks.....its reporting all the same codes as before they changed the ECU

[Martin_1962]

My emmisions light came on near Helston first day of holiday - not yet gone out, I know it is runing lean - I need to get it checked soon

[Taxi_Driver]

I wouldnt worry about emissions light Martin.....mine comes on and off.....tho its normally is off if i fill at countrywide sites....other places tends to put it on...then after a few refills at countrywide it goes off again.....filled it up a week or so ago at BP garage....and blooming 49ppl  ....but after a few refils at countrywide its gone off again  

[Martin_1962]

Thats odd - I filled up at BP, Jet and Flogas while on holiday - light still on

[Taxi_Driver]

Can someone tell me TC price for new thermostat for my new veccy 1.8 2003

I paid about £38+vat for the last one I changed on my other Veccy.

This is deffo duff as well   Takes blooming ages to get warm .....like 2 miles through traffic before the temp gauge even starts to moves.....it will get upto 90C but take it on a run an it drops back down to 70C

Just wondering if its worth waiting until I get my TC card

Cheers

[Taxi_Driver]

Yesterday it passed its Taxi MOT......got it plated for work and had a radio fitted.

So today (as vx had my meega) i gave it a good workout

Its got a couple of issues  

It keeps switching to petrol when plodding about town.....
I went Brizzle airport this afternon....and giving it stick down the m4/m32....it was fine, ran on lpg all the time.....just doesnt like low revs it seems

Other prob is, this morning it decided to turn the headlights on.....they've been on all day, wont turn off unless you turn the engine off, then come back on again as soon as you start.  

Dunno if Martin has any ideas about the lpg prob? Pressure prob maybe?  :-/

[Martin_1962]

Yesterday it passed its Taxi MOT......got it plated for work and had a radio fitted.

So today (as vx had my meega) i gave it a good workout

Its got a couple of issues  

It keeps switching to petrol when plodding about town.....
I went Brizzle airport this afternon....and giving it stick down the m4/m32....it was fine, ran on lpg all the time.....just doesnt like low revs it seems

Other prob is, this morning it decided to turn the headlights on.....they've been on all day, wont turn off unless you turn the engine off, then come back on again as soon as you start.  

Dunno if Martin has any ideas about the lpg prob? Pressure prob maybe?  :-/

Lets have a think

They switch to petrol at low pressure, low temperature, or can't open injectors enough

Check one - do you have an LPG filter if so please clean
Check two - can you check vacuum pipes to evaporator

Personaly I would expect the other way round!

[Martin_1962]

One other thing to check - the crank sensor - is it losing RPM signal

What system is it?

I can email RISN if needed

[Taxi_Driver]

Yesterday it passed its Taxi MOT......got it plated for work and had a radio fitted.

So today (as vx had my meega) i gave it a good workout

Its got a couple of issues  

It keeps switching to petrol when plodding about town.....
I went Brizzle airport this afternon....and giving it stick down the m4/m32....it was fine, ran on lpg all the time.....just doesnt like low revs it seems

Other prob is, this morning it decided to turn the headlights on.....they've been on all day, wont turn off unless you turn the engine off, then come back on again as soon as you start.  

Dunno if Martin has any ideas about the lpg prob? Pressure prob maybe?  :-/

Lets have a think

They switch to petrol at low pressure, low temperature, or can't open injectors enough

Check one - do you have an LPG filter if so please clean
Check two - can you check vacuum pipes to evaporator

Personaly I would expect the other way round!

Thanks for the reply Martin.....yes i would have expected the other way round too....
i drove it up a steep hill earlier 50mph in 2nd .....not even a miss.....pulled up at the top....let it idle for a min or two and it switched to petrol  :-?

Dont know about LPG filter....but maybe yes..coz it says this in LPG guide for the car....

every 60k miles...

check and adjust gas pressures
replace regulator shut off filter
replace splitter filter

I will have a look at the evaporator vacuum pipe...

As for the system it has fitted it looks a lot like a Romano type like my Omega...

Evaporator looks very similar....tho i guess they all look much the same
I can see the lpg feed rail.....its a metal tube with pipes off it to the injectors (on my omega the rail is plastic....tho guess it does the same)

Other thing is on the service history at 60k mile service it had all the lpg injectors changed.....doesnt say why?

Cheers

[Martin_1962]

If my little suggestions fail looks like you may need it professionally looked at.

Either the evaporator is not sending enough gas (too cold or not enough vacuum to it), or it is getting a bad RPM signal, or there is a strange setup - find the ECU and see what it is.

[Taxi_Driver]

If my little suggestions fail looks like you may need it professionally looked at.

Either the evaporator is not sending enough gas (too cold or not enough vacuum to it), or it is getting a bad RPM signal, or there is a strange setup - find the ECU and see what it is.

Found the ECU.....only prob is there nothing written on it.....not on the visible sides.....tho' as this is a 'dual fuel' jobby it wont have a seperate ECU for the lpg, will it?

Havent a clue where to look for the filters  

Checked the vacuum too ....seems to be attached ok.

I am suspecting low gas pressure......reason...i remembered when i first bought my other dual fuel Vectra....this too had a problem on lpg.....it use to miss badly if you treated it gently and be fine if you floored it....this was traced to low gas pressure and has been fine since they upped the pressure.

I was going to book it in with vx dealer, as they sorted the prob on the other Vectra, but apparently their lpg setup machine has broken and dont intend getting it fixed.....so wont look at the car  

So Ive booked in it with lpg installer that converted my Omega for tuesday.....hopefully it will just need tweaking.