james.fiske

so, it turns put it was a cable (earth maybe) that was plugged together, the connection had come loose. cleaned up connection and plugged it back together and hey presto. the car roared to life. thank you for everyones comments and suggestions. Happy blatting. James

right then. ive my multi meter in hand and a mug of tea. I'm off to the garage... thank you for this. Brilliant!

hi, wow thank you. i'll take a look now and see what i can find! James

thanks for asking around, No FIA switch fitted to the car.

HI, i tried to start the engine withut disabling the imobilsier and i also tried to start it with the imboliser disabled. neither worked but the red light flashed etc. It was just another test to see if i could rule it out? I'll look at all the wires and see if i can test them for continuity with the multimeter.

Hi, i am in need of some of teh collective wisdom and advice... car started and ran for a short time. then it died. It would nto restart. starter motor didnt even engage battery fine and charging OK. all i got was some clicks from the ECU tried to bump start the car. didnt want to go. sort of tried but didnt fire. left car for a day or so and came back to try again. started first time (checked charging at this point). ran for a short time and then cut out. K series 1.8 engine. No modifications. standard imobilser. Ive tried to start with and without imobliser to prove this is cutting in and out. I am at the limit of my mechanical and electrcial knowledge now and I dont have the heart to start taking teh car apart to try to problem solve as I know i will end up in a worse position. Any ideas / pointers? and yes ive tried swearing and kicking teh tyres. Ive also drunk a lot of tea staring at it.... thanks in advance!!