2 dead gti's. HELP NEEDED

passats ,audi 80? ile have a look tomorrow but pretty sure i havnt got a good one

well it lasted less than a week before i killed it
im watching some on ebay but none of them end soon so unless i can find one nearby thats cheap enough it wont be back on the road for a while.

Wiztic wrote:Sounds to my like the ECU is to blame too...if the fuel pump relay, Thats the little one that should switch off the pump once its primed unless the car is started, had failed, then the car would still run once started... the fact that its flooding would suggest the injectors are stuck wide open, which would suggest the ecu is not controlling them :S

As for Neg, are u sure its not just a massive air lock once you've put the old pump back on liam? are u getting fuel to the injectors at all??

fuel all the way threw it. and u could ask dave if you could borrow his other ecu until u can source one. worth a go

I.ve got a relay if you can replace it in the future.

I.ve got a chipped ecu you can borrow but slightly concerned it may meet the same fate as the current one!

Well if its getting fuel then that cant be the issue? Unless the pressure is way off? You've not missed something simple like a blown fuse when you changed the pump or a wire left off? We all miss the easy stuff when focusing on bigger problems :S

thats why i dont want to borrow one really.
i cant risk damaging somone elses as i cant afford to pay much if i did.let alone a chipped one which would be even more expensive.
i could try the relay and prey that it is that but its not looking hopeful.

car has been running fine for a week but developed a starting issue which turned out to be the loose earth on the gearbox so it looks like it is very likely to be the ecu.

Martin, pm me your number. I'll drop off the relay after work on saturday. Let me know if you want to borrow my ecu

im going to double check all of neg cos am stumped

I've only just seen this, haven't read it all so I might be a bit late but Martin your ECU is definately dead and I can almost guarantee you've killed it with a bad earth. I did exactly the same thing when I first converted my carb mk2 to digifant gti. I have a spare ECU you can have for £20 (what I paid for it) and its been tested on my car so I know it works. Its 100% critical that you get the earth strap from the rocker cover to the caoil pack on the bulkhead right, make sure the surfaces are bare metal and the strap is good, fit a new earth cable or a second one if you like, I did this to make sure I didn't keep blowing them as I went through 3 ECUs till I found the problem! Dead ECU's will make your injectors stay open and will flood the engine full of fuel whenever the ignition is on! Hope I'm not too late with this info....

i suggest everyone who has had this problem should put it in there build thread as a warning,its too late for me but it might save someone else a lot of problems.

also i really need the ecu today as i need the car on the road.
i am interested but im very limited on how far i can go to get one.where abouts are you based if i needed to come and get it today?

feel free to pm me

I feel I should check all of my eathing points now...can anyone make a list of where they should all be on a PB lump? Dont think I have a one on my rocker cover which is conserning me lol

martin you have PM mate

neg i s alive it was a mix up of fuel lines as mine are both black

thats good to hear.
take it you gave up on the force pump and regulator

should have mine running tomorrow hopefully.

nah got the regulator in still. found me a better fuel pump n filter when i have 200 odd quid layin about spare.

lemski wrote:nah got the regulator in still. found me a better fuel pump n filter when i have 200 odd quid layin about spare.

£200 laying around SPARE joking ryt

nope all to do with the new direction of neg. new fueling and ignition system. give some more power out a set of new cams as i dont like these ones and then resparay and neg is ready as my daily. o and more new brakes.


i could want a 600 quid fuel pump but dont need 22bar of fuel pressure nor do i want it.


martin did dave bring them parts too late then?

i wish i had £200 laying about spare

i ant got a tenna spare so will have to wait till moneys flowin.

You still wanting driveshafts bringin today Liam?