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Imobiliser fault when driving
Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2021 3:10 pm
by Chris-p
Hi everyone, randomly had the
Orange immobiliser light flash when driving today, happened a few times and when it did, the rev counter dropped to zero and the engine cut out. Started fine but same happened several times.
Any suggestions where to start fault finding?
Thanks
Chris
Re: Imobiliser fault when driving
Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2021 3:22 pm
by Micron
What year is your car, do you still have the FOB?
Re: Imobiliser fault when driving
Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2021 3:30 pm
by Chris-p
Hello, registered jan 97, 2.5, no fobs with car.
Re: Imobiliser fault when driving
Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2021 3:46 pm
by cpt black
Do you mean the check engine light
Re: Imobiliser fault when driving
Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2021 4:29 pm
by Chris-p
The orange light with a key in it
Re: Imobiliser fault when driving
Posted: Fri Nov 12, 2021 9:33 pm
by Sunfly
Sounds like the dizzy to me.
Had that some years ago. Eventually it wouldn't even start. Incidentally, the tacho gets its pulse from --- the distributor!
Re: Imobiliser fault when driving
Posted: Fri Nov 12, 2021 9:43 pm
by Chris-p
Yeah, so i swapped back to the original old dizzy cap and arm, cleaned the contacts on the cps and no issues in half hour drive, will try again tomorrow, fingers crossed that was it,