ecu location

punkheadgray · Post by **punkheadgray** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 4:32 pm

dunno what the engine management light would be wired too if you didnt have an ecu, but im pretty sure older cars used to have em???

perhaps on the 1litre version they have wired the engine management bulb to a dynamo like you get on a bike, and when the wheels turn it lights up?

huw · Post by **huw** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 10:04 pm

dudes, im f**k lol. dun wanna spend loads of money in garage

lee_corsa · Post by **lee_corsa** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 10:21 pm

might be missing thats why ur having the problems

Stuart_SRI · Post by **Stuart_SRI** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 10:50 pm

right, i had a 1 litre 12 valve corsa and the ecu is lcoated where it is in most corsas, accessible from the drivers side inside the car behind the dash.

12 valvers dont aren\'t carb coz they have a single point injection system, as i think i read simon wrote.

so keep looking mate, its there somewhere!

huw · Post by **huw** » Thu Apr 28, 2005 12:03 pm

ive upped the throttle now so it doesnt cut out when i stop but when i stop the engine it doesnt start back up but i have to jump it hard on a hill then it starts again. i have no clue wots goin on

broster · Post by **broster** » Mon May 02, 2005 8:48 am

in the fuse box there is a diagnostic port, use that to access the ecu and read off the fault codes, serch for paper clip test.....

Katie_GSi · Post by **Katie_GSi** » Tue May 03, 2005 9:49 pm

I red my Haynes manual as my Dad cudnt find mine and it says behind the glove box on the passenger side facia

Katie_GSi · Post by **Katie_GSi** » Tue May 03, 2005 9:50 pm

Haynes manual says behind the glove box on the passenger side facia... My dad has had loadsa tubble findin mine haha

Katie_GSi · Post by **Katie_GSi** » Wed May 04, 2005 9:58 am

lol it sed the first time didnt post

lozzy_corsa · Post by **lozzy_corsa** » Wed May 04, 2005 2:01 pm

its in the kick well !

pull the panel of at the side in fron of the drivers door it will be in there

huw · Post by **huw** » Wed May 04, 2005 2:58 pm

f**k hell i found it now, it was behind the engine bloke. the engine now stays on cos i uped the throttle but when u turn the engine off u have to bump start it cos it wont start

huw · Post by **huw** » Wed May 04, 2005 9:05 pm

how did u work tha out then when i can do it to my car. it starts when i roll it down a hill then pull clutch up

punkheadgray · Post by **punkheadgray** » Wed May 04, 2005 11:42 pm

should be alright id say, the heat from the exhaust would burn off any petrol in the cat. and as its made of metal it\'ll be fine. maybe if the cat was on its way out.....

j1400 · Post by **j1400** » Thu May 05, 2005 9:10 am

[quote=\".\"]you can do it, but it sucks unburnt petrol through the engine which then goes into the cat and f**k it up! also like revving your car and then turning it off immediatley after! when you turn it back on it then put unburnt fuel thro the engine[/quote]

This is only true of carb engines, injection is a tad more sophisticated and should do this unless its mega early set up.

Oh and just to mention all 4vlave per cylnder vx engines are multipoint

huw · Post by **huw** » Thu May 05, 2005 11:52 am

so any ideas what could be wrong. doesnt start when i turn the engine off. also it used to cut out but i opened the accelerator now so that it doesnt lol