Car Wont Start - Faulty Ecu?

[filpee]

Saga so far.

Engine turns over but wont fire. Call the RAC out they somehow get the car started by playing around with the relay that controls the fuel pump.

4 Days later same fault. Call the RAC out and he manages to get the car started by resetting the ECU. I take the car to Ford and tell them to fix it.

3 Days later I pick my car back up with a brand new fuel pump.

Next morning same fault. RAC tow it this time up to Ford.

2 Days this time and they say they have found a bad connection to the ECU.

Following morning it wont start. I leave it alone all day and try again in the afternoon and it works!

Following morning it still doesnt start. So I get out a hot air gun (paint stripper) and warm up the ECU and then try to start the car. w00t all good. Let it cool down and now it wont start.

So I suppose it could still be a bad connection or maybe condensation in the ECU, cracked board etc. Going to get a can of freezer spay to see if I can replicate the problem in front of the Ford techs. hopefully it will get fixed this time.

[mbjunior99]

I hate intermittent problems like that. If you can manage to reproduce the problem, it should be fixed in no time

I remember having a problem on the GT where it made a rattle sound when starting the car when cold. By the time I got it to ford, the problem had disappeared. Very frustrating!

[tab]

My boss has just had a new ECU installed - got rid of all the problems you mentioned that he's been having over the last 12 months.

[filpee]

Im just glad that I can now start it.

Ive got it booked into a different dealership (not pissed with the other one. just these guys are closer) for its 30,000km service so hopefully I can convince them to replace the ECU on the same day

[mbjunior99]

I hope they get it sorted for you. Let us know how you go.

[filpee]

The service came and went with the car needing an overnight stay. At least public transport worked that afternoon. Wife dropped me at work and I picked my car up later that morning with a brand new relay installed.

Thing is I cant understand how warming up the ECU on the passenger side of the car can fix a relay mounted on the drivers side??

Surprisingly enough it didnt fix the problem so now I have to book it into Ford for another overnight stay and hassle some mates/wife for lifts to/from work.

I asked for a loan car but aparently Ford dont lend out cars overnight. suck.

[FPV TRANNY]

Tell them to replace the ECU

Those FORD techs have no fukin idea.We know more about these cars then they do

[mbjunior99]

That's probably pretty close to the truth. Sorry to hear about your hassels filpee. Hope they get it sorted for you.

[RHR]

Not in "D" is it

So hows jetute??

[SCRIBR]

tell the dealer principle!

tell him that u will ring ford direct and u will get results!

can't stress it enought that u need to go higher if things don't get done!!