dean68uk
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What revs does your engine idle at?
ECM. Engine control module. Mpg is about right around town.
Never got mine down to 19mpg even towing the caravan in the Pennines
hot start kit fixed my problem,proper kit with timed relay took about 20 minutes to fit.kit cost £46 inc v.a.t,does anyone have an owners manual,mine came without one,where can i get one from?
Hi Doncarlion, a switch disconnecting the sensor makes the ECU adopts a failsafe setting which equals slightly warm and doesn't fully remove the issue. By switching the feed through a resistor either via a timed relay or by a relay switched through the alternator charging signal automatically tells the engine its cold when hot- and really cold if cold.
Several people have advised that the issue is down to fuel pump timing and stretched timing chains, but I know of people who have had the pump reconditioned and retimed still having the problem. - out of interest what is the mileage of your P38?
Cheers
Hi Mate
Its not actually mine its my girlfriends dads car, but i was going to be purchasing the hot fix kit off ebay and was dubious... so thought I would read into it a bit more.
So with what you are saying, would an in-line switch on the alternator charging signal not do the same thing as the relay? Or is the whole point that you need a lower signal rather than remove the signal?
Hi Mate
Its not actually mine its my girlfriends dads car, but i was going to be purchasing the hot fix kit off ebay and was dubious... so thought I would read into it a bit more.
So with what you are saying, would an in-line switch on the alternator charging signal not do the same thing as the relay? Or is the whole point that you need a lower signal rather than remove the signal?
You really are going to knacker something up big time.
You need the resistance to emulate the temperature sensor which is a negative coefficient resistor. A direct connection from the alternator is not the same.
The hot start fix gives a timed heating cycle
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