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I recently encountered the apparently common issue where the engine won't catch if the temperature is under 15C. After warming the ECU with a heat gun it starts normally and everything runs fine, so problem identified. Notched the cover bolts with an angle grinder and unscrewed them so it is ready for a swapover. Bought a cheap second hand replacement ECU from another unspecified 4sp Petrol Barra. Now the problem with this approach (apart from the surprisingly expensive recoding) is that part is also 20 years old and may easily develop the same problem. I feel I have enough electronics skills to fix a cracked connection on a circuit board but tracking it down without a circuit diagram might be tricky. Does anyone have a full circuit diagram of the PCM/ECU?

I had the exact same symptoms today and blew my diff, its a car I don’t drive much at all (once a month if lucky), last night I changed my wheels to second hand wheel I bought off marketplace, drove it around today noticed a sound/feeling exactly as described in the original post (literally spot on) and silly me was convinced it was probably something to do with the wheels I had just slapped on (maybe not balanced, maybe buckled) anyway driving home had my mate in-front of me do a pull so I intended to follow, second gear flat foot Boom. Caught it all on my dash cam haha

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Thanks for the info, I think I have the same issue that has just randomly started in my 08 FPV F6, second hand clusters for these aren’t exactly easy to come by, is there a way to solve this without replacing the cluster? I chased down the similar symptoms as @garyk listed like pulling indicator fuses etc just to check and same thing is happening still! Any info on this would be great, otherwise it’ll be going to an autolec

Just a small update: I finally found the time to pull the valve body and TCM. I tested the solenoids and all of them are within spec which leads me to believe it's definitely the torque converter. I'm hoping to swap the boxes this weekend but wont be able to test it out till the oil I ordered arrives

morning all, happy Friday ♉

I have a FG Mk1 G6E turbo and have not seen that message. I just tried starting my car, opening the bonnet and putting it in Reverse and Drive and did not get any message. When do you get the message? Does the message only come up when moving?

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Hi Has anyone experienced a Bonnet Ajar message. I have not been able to find a bonnet switch anywhere. The vehicle is not fitted with an alarm. I have been having software issues with the vehicle. Cheers

Has anyone managed to resolve this? I'm having the same issue.

morning all, happy Wednesday 🔯

maybe loosen it up a bit, see if you can nudge it more central away from the scrubbing tyre, then tighten it up again? or if it's not occurring anymore, don't worry about it

Everything has been checked and is tight

I hit him up cheers for this mate I was devastated I couldn't find autoglamour its hard to trust anyone to doit. Glad I'm still a xr6 turbo forum member haha

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Yeah so my FG is Viper Purple dark enough to be close to purple, Jayde is very good & old school if you check out his FB or Insta page pretty sure he posted my car on there [emoji1690] Sent from my SM-S901E using Tapatalk

Oh really he moved to new Zealand damn yeah he was Brisbane based did my f6 which was black ages back and removed every blemish in the paint looked honestly amazing. How was the guy that did a paint correction on your car ? Do you have a color as bad as black was he able to remove all the swirls and scratches in the paint ?

Is that the guy who was based in Brisbane if its the same guy I was going to use him but being Gold Coast Based he recommended Jayde from Dulvari Prestige But pretty sure he moved to the south Island of New Zealand Sent from my SM-S901E using Tapatalk

Does anyone know where auto glamour went was part of this forum did paint correction work guy was a friggin magical operates in qld was part of this forum years ago did alot of our cars. I've tried his email number and Facebook.

morning all, happy Sunday ☪️

The stock suspension in a ute can move from side to side in terms of where it's mounted... that might be your cause if one of those mounts is a bit looser than usual.

if it's so intermittent like that, it does sound like an electrical/wiring issue...

morning all, happy Saturday ☦️ As can be seen, posting is now fixed! ... no paid work in the way on a Saturday haha

morning all, happy Friday... yep, still haven't had time to focus on the forum to fix it; damn paid work getting in my way haha...