wayne-dear 0 Report post Posted July 24, 2011 What a pain in the ass.... I bought back my first Alfa from an AO member i sold it to, drove home perfectly, i fitted a cd player and removed the resonator and popped in a straight carbon pipe i have, say to Jules we will go to Wales and get fish and chips, jump in, engine spins and the code light stays on; So begins the process of elimination, all fuses and relevant relays checked, all ok, check and cleaned all the earths in the engine bay (had a dry earth problem before) still no start; Remove the cowlings from the steering column, check the antenna and wiring, jiggle the steering, nothing, tried all the keys both ways, including master key, tried disconnecting the battery, nothing; Starting to worry now, 'its the ecu or immobiliser/key reprogram' Just about to strip out all the relays and clean every terminal then i thought; I had to remove the trim panel to settle the wiring when i pushed in the cd player, removed it again, jiggled the nest of wiring behind the cd player; BINGO..............light goes out and she starts, now if only i had though of that before dismantling the steering and dashboard...... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Smaky 73 Report post Posted July 25, 2011 PMSL. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Morgan 46 Report post Posted August 3, 2011 *points and laughs at Wayne* On the plus side, you've posted it up here, which may prevent someone else from taking their car to bits unnecessarily... Not helping? Alright, sorry. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joss 9 Report post Posted August 3, 2011 at least you found it mate. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Smaky 73 Report post Posted August 4, 2011 Typical self inflicted injury. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites