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Title: erratic tickover, ecu light on, revs to 4500 only!
Post by: mechman637 on 19 April 2009, 19:17:59
good evening folks, having trouble with my miggy, the tickover is fluctuating between 1000rpm and 1800rpm, the ecu light is on, and the engine will only rev to 4500rpm when the limiter cuts in ! I have done the paper clip test and the results were inconclusive, but that maybe down to my interpretation of the flashes, i have tried a replacement idle control valve, i have tried a airflow meter, i have removed and unblocked all the breathers, i have also replaced the exhaust manifold gasket and had to remove the catalytic converter because it had come loose inside and kept blocking the system. help ! :'( :'(
Title: Re: erratic tickover, ecu light on, revs to 4500 only!
Post by: alexandjen on 19 April 2009, 19:20:17
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good evening folks, having trouble with my miggy, the tickover is fluctuating between 1000rpm and 1800rpm, the ecu light is on, and the engine will only rev to 4500rpm when the limiter cuts in ! I have done the paper clip test and the results were inconclusive, but that maybe down to my interpretation of the flashes, i have tried a replacement idle control valve, i have tried a airflow meter, i have removed and unblocked all the breathers, i have also replaced the exhaust manifold gasket and had to remove the catalytic converter because it had come loose inside and kept blocking the system. help ! :'( :'(

Redo the paperclip test and post up the sequence of flashes :y
Title: Re: erratic tickover, ecu light on, revs to 4500 only!
Post by: johnnycboy on 19 April 2009, 19:21:14
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good evening folks, having trouble with my miggy, the tickover is fluctuating between 1000rpm and 1800rpm, the ecu light is on, and the engine will only rev to 4500rpm when the limiter cuts in ! I have done the paper clip test and the results were inconclusive, but that maybe down to my interpretation of the flashes, i have tried a replacement idle control valve, i have tried a airflow meter, i have removed and unblocked all the breathers, i have also replaced the exhaust manifold gasket and had to remove the catalytic converter because it had come loose inside and kept blocking the system. help ! :'( :'(


Post what you got anyway - may give someone a clue
Title: Re: erratic tickover, ecu light on, revs to 4500 only!
Post by: mechman637 on 19 April 2009, 19:37:19
i will have another go at the paper clip test and post my results , than cheers dude. :)
Title: Re: erratic tickover, ecu light on, revs to 4500 only!
Post by: jonathanh on 19 April 2009, 19:38:45
my guess it that its either the crank sensor or cam sensor.    Can't remember which one on the 4pot  gives the 'can't rev above 4500' symptom

Title: Re: erratic tickover, ecu light on, revs to 4500 only!
Post by: cem_devecioglu on 19 April 2009, 19:48:36
must be cam sensor..
Title: Re: erratic tickover, ecu light on, revs to 4500 only!
Post by: mechman637 on 19 April 2009, 19:52:40
here we go people, these are my flash results :-

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I hope this might make some sense guys ? :-/
Title: Re: erratic tickover, ecu light on, revs to 4500 only!
Post by: alexandjen on 19 April 2009, 19:58:12
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here we go people, these are my flash results :-

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I hope this might make some sense guys ? :-/

I would say cam sensor
Title: Re: erratic tickover, ecu light on, revs to 4500 only!
Post by: jonathanh on 19 April 2009, 19:59:34
see here http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1206569943

looks like crank sensor and cam sensor are throwing codes as well as the air intake temp.

Is it worth checking to see that the wiring is intact and all plugs pushed fully home?  looks odd to get three faults at the same time which makes me suspect dodgy wiring
Title: Re: erratic tickover, ecu light on, revs to 4500 only!
Post by: mechman637 on 19 April 2009, 20:32:40
thanx for the advice guys, i will have a look at the connectors and the wiring tomorrow, fingers crossed !  :)
Title: Re: erratic tickover, ecu light on, revs to 4500 only!
Post by: TheBoy on 19 April 2009, 21:33:14
guessing crank (0335) and cam (0340) sensors.  cleaning won't do jack.  Do use genuine sensors.
Title: Re: erratic tickover, ecu light on, revs to 4500 only!
Post by: mechman637 on 20 April 2009, 20:45:32
good evening folks, i have done some tinkering with the wiring to the crankshaft sensor and i found that the 3 wires going into the sensor were exposed with no insulation round them and the end of the sensor was brittle and breaking up ihave made a temporary repair and the new codes read very similar. Also one of the wires going to the camshaft sensor was exposed. :-/