Hi all,
Just a bit of feedback for those who have so far offered advice re our
2004 Meriva (Z16SE) that started not starting and displaying a constant ignition light and random instruments.I'd been round / through most thing but with no sign of a fault or making any difference but recently it refused to start, even from cold.
A puff if Easy Starts suggested it was getting a spark, and if it did ever start, the next time you tried it would start, run for 1-2 seconds then stop and not restart again for .
Remembering it had never cut-out when running or failed to re-start once hot (and it not wanting to start at all of late so was at least reasonably predictable for once) I put a bit of corrugated card over the ECU to mask off the plastic connectors and applied a hot air gun on it til the body of the ECU was 'finger hot'. I span it over and it started first time. ;-)
I left it a few hours, tried it again and it started and ran for 1-2 seconds then stopped, not to start again [1].
A day later I tried to start it 10 times (key in and out each time) nothing.
Applied the heat and again, it fired up first time. I left it again for 10 mins and stil started ok, same after about an hour, nothing after a couple more.
Now I'm looking at exchange / re-manufactured ECU solutions.
Cheers, T i m
[1[ It has been suggested that an explanation for the only running for 1-2 seconds before cutting out is that the system takes a couple of seconds to check to see all is right (immobiliser actions) and if not, cuts the injectors? This is opposed to not allowing it to start at all / in the first place etc. There are no obvious indications of any immobilisation (unlike the Rover that would flash it's immobiliser 'armed' LED frantically).