Crankington · Mar 27, 2025

Hi all, so I’ve acquired a non starter 3.0 L322 and I’m desperately trying to get It going. Here’s where I’m at, I’ve tested to see if there’s fuel going to the engine, which there is, the engine cranks but won’t start and when using quick start it very briefly ticks over for a split second.

I am not getting any codes (apart from low battery,.. I’ve ordered a new one) I briefly got a code regarding things “lost from can” but after charging the battery those codes went missing. I tried to use my code reader to test the ECU but all I get is “link error” when I click on that item on the reader. I get one error on the screen which is “HDC fault, system not available”

Any help, next step advice etc etc would be amazing, I’d really love to have this car going for the summer. Thanks a lot in advance!!

kermit_rr · Mar 27, 2025

get the (fully charged before you start) new battery in place then see what happens

Mark Piercy · Mar 27, 2025

What year the early ones were very specific about diag and somewhat limited on most systems

badfluffy · Friday at 09:13

do a leak off test to check you haven’t got a duff injector

Crankington · Friday at 13:34

kermit_rr said:
get the (fully charged before you start) new battery in place then see what happens

Hi there, sorry, the emails were going to my junk... sorted. Yeah the new battery arrives tomorrow, lets see what happens!

Crankington · Friday at 13:35

Mark Piercy said:
What year the early ones were very specific about diag and somewhat limited on most systems

Hi sorry, emails were going to my junk... It's 2005 (55 plate)

Crankington · Friday at 13:35

badfluffy said:
do a leak off test to check you haven’t got a duff injector

Hi thanks for the info, how do i do that?

badfluffy · Friday at 13:38

Crankington said:
Hi thanks for the info, how do i do that?

easyer to look on utube than explain, if you have a leaking injector you wont get fuel rail pressure and it wont start

Crankington · Friday at 13:41

badfluffy said:
easyer to look on utube than explain, if you have a leaking injector you wont get fuel rail pressure and it wont start

yes good call, i'll head to youtube. thanks

kermit_rr · Friday at 14:16

see where you get to with the new battery first though

this could explain the HDC fault

badfluffy · Friday at 14:20

kermit_rr said:
see where you get to with the new battery first though this could explain the HDC fault

i get that all the time even with a new battery

Crankington · Friday at 14:21

kermit_rr said:
see where you get to with the new battery first though this could explain the HDC fault

Yes, can't wait till it arrives, praying haha.

Crankington · Friday at 14:22

badfluffy said:
i get that all the time even with a new battery

Don't mind the HDC thing... just need the car to start haha.

badfluffy · Friday at 15:05

kermit dont forget i dont have a standed box

Datatek · Friday at 15:29

Crankington said:
Yes, can't wait till it arrives, praying haha.

Make sure that you fully charge the new battery before you fit it.

Crankington · Friday at 16:53

Datatek said:
Make sure that you fully charge the new battery before you fit it.

Oh interesting, I assumed it would arrive fully charged

Datatek · Friday at 16:55

Crankington said:
Oh interesting, I assumed it would arrive fully charged

They never do, may have been sat in the stock room for some time. A 24 hour charge with a 4 amp smart charger is usually needed to bring the battery up to a fully charged state.

kermit_rr · Friday at 17:04

Datatek said:
They never do, may have been sat in the stock room for some time. A 24 hour charge with a 4 amp smart charger is usually needed to bring the battery up to a fully charged state.

Depends on the battery and the retailer i think. Some sit on the shelf, some are back out the next day.
Either way you don't know until you charge it yourself

Crankington · Sunday at 13:36

Hey all.. UPDATE, so battery arrived and I trickle charged to full, fitted to the car and sadly, nothing changed, a couple of codes popped up including U0401 (invalid data received from engine control module/powertrain control module) and U0402 (invalaid data received from transmission control module) :.. we also found that when I clicked on the engine on the coder to scan it , it said “link error” … I checked and cleaned a couple of the ground points just Incase and but no improvement … I’m thinking a ECU REPAIR , or transfer to a new ECU? Would that be the next step?? Something to also mention is that the steering wheel lock has never come on, seems to be permanently off… anything to worry about? Thanks!

Mark Piercy · Sunday at 13:51

Next step is to check for power and ground at the engine ecu. What diag are you using?

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