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Today I did something to my car (volume 2)
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Christmas present for Ms jou's car had to be completed immediately, so despite Christmas day, out to deal with it.
Before:
Few close-ups:
After:
The set involved claimed to be dedicated for the model, so pretty straightforward job - 30 minutes with talking and drinking.
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Tis unusual for me to be here on a Sat evening but alas! The only free time I get at this (back to the garage after this session for letting the tea settle!)
First and foremost the following post wouldn't have been possible without the help of fellow boardsie kilianmanning for locating/supplying the donor vehicle and diagnostics to help pinpoint errant faults. And of course my father for the extra set of hands!
Anyway, it's been a long journey with the car and it's irritating lights on the dash. French and electrics eh...
After scanning the brake system it came back with a solenoid fault: the module had had it it seems. The module is fairly accessible... Yeah right!
I tried from the top. After ripping the heater fan and all around it out I decided not a hope it would come out this way, so the only other option was under the car.
We start outside
A few minutes later...
Using some 3 inch pipe and the elec seats to keep some fluid in the master cylinder
A lot of cursing and blinding later, it's ready to drop out
And out. If you are unfortunate to be lumbered with this task leave the 2 from the master cylinder in situ as they'll most likely be seized!
Mark them and clean them up
Seeing as it was evening I checked out the old module. It had been destroyed by the CV grease from the busted boot (most cleaned off but there's a blob)
Some Peugeots were called back for water ingress in the module. This was no exception
Next day put the whole lot back in, 5.1 fluid and discover there was no difference; lights still on! Back to the drawing board...0 -
Came to the conclusion that the wiring must be at fault... Later that evening, out to the donor car. No one was able to tell me where the ABS/ESP ECU is so I'll tell you all now: in front of the left wheel behind the splashguard. Nice clean unit!
Pins... Weren't so clean. Some I've done for comparison!
Next day (see what I mean by a long process...) I took off my own one
I see the original matching screws and bolts were used...
Looks fine to me... Even rang a bolt taking that out!
Checked the wiring starting with the earths
The difference is very noticeable already after one pass of P60 toilet paper!
Put the replacement ECU in and... New fault: open circuit on the front N/S ABS sensor. Out with the plug!
And the pins are covered in...
Cleaned up, resistance checked and plugged back in
A beautiful sight without lights!
While the subframe is off I found the elusive rack leak
The end was not in great shape, so out with a replacement pipe and fitted
Last task for now is to clean up the subframe. It's currently drying and will get the good ol' red oxide treatment when ready
There is one more fault with the gearbox (solenoid fault causing limp mode) and I'm going to start with the wiring once again to check for breaches!
All good things come to those who wait
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wotzgoingon wrote: »Must be great being able to do all that type of work. Fault finding not so great it is also annoying to go to all the trouble of replacing a part to find it was not the problem.
I don't think the old module was long for this world if it wasn't already faulty; there was evidence of plenty of ingression over a period of time. The subframe would have had to come down anyway to chase the power steering leak too and to clean it properly after the boot originally let go :eek: in this case the module in the car now had a light coat of dust when I took it out of the other car :cool:
But I know what you mean: I've fired new parts at cars over the years to find the original fault still existed!
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Bit of an annoying issue but easily fixed: bulb gone in the speedo. This meant not only could I not see the coolant temp at night, but couldn't see what speed I was doing either!
Easy to remove. A welding rod and a small pry down
To the spare unit for a replacement bulb that was originally in this car (black clocks, has the same mileage). Never bodged sure... :rolleyes:
Fit replacement bulb, whack it all back in and test. Hooray!
I had a casual look at the wiring behind the mfd and put it back for another day. I dread what I'll find if I start at it...
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You cant code an immobiliser to any car like that (ford do have a method IF you have 2 already programmed keys to add a third)
The forward back etc steps are only for coding the central locking which is totally separate, immob coding is done with diagnostics and often a security code/ live subscription to database or similar depending on car and age
When I lost the only key to my Avensis I began to firstly go bananas research what my options were to get me back up and running. After being quoted lottery numbers to rectify I began to research how the immobilizer worked and if it was possible to reprogram it myself, seeing as I have several spare keys knocking abut (locks wouldn't be an issue either). An interesting article I found was some Toyotas had the option of zeroing the eeprom chip for the immobilizer to allow programming of new/replacement keys. This would require reading the chip with a suitable hex reader via the RS232 port on an antiquated desktop I have.
Now in the finish I found the key in the snow so that was panic over, but I've been fascinated since and would like to try this out sometime. I have and since replaced the ecu for one that has 3 keys but may do this as an experiment, I have a spare ecu anyway 0 -
fancy pigeon wrote: »When I lost the only key to my Avensis I began to firstly go bananas research what my options were to get me back up and running. After being quoted lottery numbers to rectify I began to research how the immobilizer worked and if it was possible to reprogram it myself, seeing as I have several spare keys knocking abut (locks wouldn't be an issue either). An interesting article I found was some Toyotas had the option of zeroing the eeprom chip for the immobilizer to allow programming of new/replacement keys. This would require reading the chip with a suitable hex reader via the RS232 port on an antiquated desktop I have.
Now in the finish I found the key in the snow so that was panic over, but I've been fascinated since and would like to try this out sometime. I have and since replaced the ecu for one that has 3 keys but may do this as an experiment, I have a spare ecu anyway
In all fairness .50c is lotto numbers to you if it doesn't add performance :pac:0 -
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