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[Psychoca]

I know that I am very probably throwing a "spanner" in the works, but, looking through TIS, I came across poor starting/non starting, with a possible cause of the ground cable on the distributer being loose.  Could this be a possible solution (thinking along the lines it could cause the misfires) to the issue at hand???

Just a thought from a tractor driver...

[Marks DTM Calib]

I think more investigation is required, you dont just get multiple part failure for no reason. I would really recommend checking the basics, the connectors, the wiring etc before moving on to changing more bits.

The trouble is, if you change a part on spec, you introduce more unknowns into the system because, even if the part is new, there is no guarantee that it is fully working (if at all). Worse still, if the replacement does work, it can make the behaviour change as the ecu has to learn new values (as many of the parts have quite a wide tolerance).

[prestigetravel]

ok would a half hour at the local dealer be long enough for that? their quoting £32.50 for plug in. Everyone else at autoelectrics places around here scratch their heads when you mention tech 2, think they havnt heard of it in these hills!!! so dealer best bet unless someone on here nearish got one, im only an hour from birmingham and i have a recovery truck to bring it on.

[TheBoy]

ok would a half hour at the local dealer be long enough for that? their quoting £32.50 for plug in. Everyone else at autoelectrics places around here scratch their heads when you mention tech 2, think they havnt heard of it in these hills!!! so dealer best bet unless someone on here nearish got one, im only an hour from birmingham and i have a recovery truck to bring it on.

Sadly, I'm another 1hr further on from Birmingham.

I really wouldn't trust anybody from Vauxhall who has previously suggested changing the ECU without good reason.  I probably wouldn't trust any Vauxhall 'Technician' anyway, hence why I have bought my own Tech2!

[tunnie]

if you have a truck to transport it, i would spend the extra bit of time and diesel money and take it to TheBoy, he has tech2 like any dealer, but he knows how to use it 

[TheBoy]

Wondering if we have any other code readers on the site capable of Live Data in the Shropshire/Gloucester area?