98 Corsa b Breeze 1.4 idle and speedo probs
Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2014 9:59 pm
Hi guys, help please, my hair is getting thinner & greyer by the week.
An ELM327 reckons it's a X14SZ and gives a speed sensor error, paperclip gives 0500. New sensor fitted, same.
From cold the car works perfectly. When partly warm and going downhill I usually get the engine light for maybe 1 to 5 mins.
If I then do 10-15 miles the speedo dies to zero and the MFD (press both buttons) also shows zero. From here on, when stopping at lights the idle will plummet to ~500 but often recovers to 750, sometimes stays at 500, other times falls to 750 as normal, could be either. Switch off for a few mins, back to normal but all faults return fairly quickly.
Its only done 65k, I'd hate to dump it without a decent attempt at repair but its worth so little I may have to.
Any suggestions however crazy gratefully received.
TIA.
An ELM327 reckons it's a X14SZ and gives a speed sensor error, paperclip gives 0500. New sensor fitted, same.
From cold the car works perfectly. When partly warm and going downhill I usually get the engine light for maybe 1 to 5 mins.
If I then do 10-15 miles the speedo dies to zero and the MFD (press both buttons) also shows zero. From here on, when stopping at lights the idle will plummet to ~500 but often recovers to 750, sometimes stays at 500, other times falls to 750 as normal, could be either. Switch off for a few mins, back to normal but all faults return fairly quickly.
Its only done 65k, I'd hate to dump it without a decent attempt at repair but its worth so little I may have to.
Any suggestions however crazy gratefully received.
TIA.