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Re: Car Dead help needed...
« Reply #15 on: January 27, 2010, 09:53:27 pm »
i work in a dealer just remove any traces you can of modification specially to the engine then just try your luck at worst they will charge you a hour at most for diagnosis then its up to you to give go ahead for further work as stated before cars probably running in limp home mode to protect

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Re: Car Dead help needed...
« Reply #16 on: January 28, 2010, 11:20:51 am »
Car isnt in limp mode. well i dont think it is.. there is no lights on the dash to tell me its in limp mode plus all errors have been cleared.

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Re: Car Dead help needed...
« Reply #17 on: January 29, 2010, 08:43:13 am »
mine was going in and out of limp mode on the way to the nurburgring, no lights were coming up on my dash either.  :smiley:


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Re: Car Dead help needed...
« Reply #18 on: January 29, 2010, 09:33:13 am »
Hmm interesting... only time will tell, once i get it to seat in a week or so, the main tech is on holiday and i dont want any of the apprentices looking at it

standard map back on it now, water cleared from chamber so over weekend ill start it up and see whats what

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Re: Car Dead help needed...
« Reply #21 on: February 18, 2010, 05:03:51 pm »
Ok just an update

dealer is looking at car and to find prob i will be charged 100quid.

then if it needs a new head or whatever, due to the mods i will have to pay..

then try to claim back through warantee but its "unlikely"..

only visible mod is air filer.. 

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Re: Car Dead help needed...
« Reply #22 on: March 02, 2010, 11:39:25 am »
any more updates??

my car was sat for a week last week and i lost coolent?? car runs fine though, but the water must have gone somewhere??


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Re: Car Dead help needed...
« Reply #23 on: March 02, 2010, 11:49:12 am »
Car sorted.

they replaced 2 coils and the maf sensor and its good as new.

all done under warantee :congrats:

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