andymudge

Ok battery swap no go go . however removing fuse 4 and replacing did seem to make the car start 4-5 times on the bounce , then it started with a bit of a fuse box wiggle but with no real consistency. In the past some repairs must have gone on behind here as there is a lot of taped joints etc. Is it feasible to completely overhaul all connections into the fuse board or maybe even replace the loom ?

hey guys , thanks for the input , I have had the immobiliser removed professionally already so I can definitely rule that out , im buying an small obd reader today so I can plug in at various stages of the fault to see if we can get any fault codes at all. I will check again leads and look for a connection between starter and alternator.

Ok auto sparky was a scrub , plugged in and said theres no faults and said it must be the ignition coil pack , i explained this had already been changed but hey. I bought another new one and fitted it , it of course started but died whilst in motion as always. Now the vehicle will not try to start, not even try to turn over. I had the battery tested as ok , but im going to loan a battery from my pals tdi galaxy mk2 tomorrow to see if it makes a diff.

if the climate panel is flashing it may well be the actual head unit at fault , we had one that did the same . Get a new climate control module from a breaker and replace , pretty str8 forward. PS if it only blinks for a short while when you start the car its probs fine as they have been known to do this whilst assessing the air temp

coil packs and ignition coil pack , double din stereo with code, and mats if you have original ones and all relays.ooh and boot seat head rests .....

Has it been serviced at all , could be a simple as blocked filters if its stalling rather than just instant cut out. If its relay 30 you should see the door led's blinking when it cuts out and you try to restart. As to not being able to restart have you had the condition of your battery assessed , they can do this foc at Halfords for you.

I removed the battery and charged it for 30 hours on an automatic charger , although it did not come up fully charged it started the beast without any hesitation. I removed all the relays one at a time including the 2nd row with our friend relay 30 on it. No relay being removed did anything major to the car one relay made the abs ligh come on , and relay 30 caused the car to lazily stall. I will check the receiving holders but im pretty sure I noted a positive 'click' as I re inserted all the relays and as far as I can gather only the fuse that controls relay 30 will cause the car to die ( which it did when I removed it ). I have an auto electrician here this afternoon ( yes on a sunday ) If anyone can make a suggestion with items for him to check its greatly appreciated. Im going to suggest earthing points as a start but im still not sure what the ecm is pls . As it stands it has a month before it becomes a mint galaxy for scrap.

well no one appears interested so this will probably be my last post, recharged the battery and the car started it idled for 45 minutes no probs . I removed all the relays one by one as it was running and nothing happened. I drove off it made ten yards and died .It restarted after a bit of persuasion and cut out when I tried to move. It will only stall when moving , not idling.

Ok the door LED appears to act normally as in after a few seconds it just goes out and stays out , no flashing etc. We have also deffo had a new starter motor.

have changed relay 30 , cpd and the coil already, will get it home tonight and see if the LED is blinking , im struggling to find out what the ecm is tho , is this just another phrase for the ecu please ??

Relay 30 has been changed , as has the cps and the coil , it will be here tonight eventually after arranging collection from the garage, I will get a boost to it and see if the LED does anything daft.

Ok apparently relay has now been changed and we no longer start at all , my next thoughts are ECU any reason why I shouldn't do this ?

ok thank you guys I will feed this back to the garage , and for once I will feed back results to the forum.

Hello there , apologies for posting here without some site contribution but I am in a pickle. I have a 2003 2.3 which has started to cut out as and when it feels like. Eventually it played up long enough for a mechanic to diagnose no spark but we cannot find out why ..... I will tell you what I know , it is presumed ignition because it doesn't stall or run badly or cough to halt etc, it literally cuts out ala key wound back into ignition on position. It doesn't appear to do this in idle and mainly when the car is warm although this may be coincidence. We have replaced a Ignition relay , crank sensor , starter motor , checked with both keys , alternator , replaced plugs and leads , even plumped for a full service just in case, coil pack. I believe the ignition barrel has been checked also, fuses all checked and 2 auto electricians scratching they're heads ....... All of this has been done by a local garage and the bill and the 7 weeks without the car is starting to grind. Does anyone have any experience of a similar problem or any ideas that fall outside of the above. I really appreciate your help in advance. Andy