Help I am feeling stuffed......I have a punto 1996 55sx, 1108cc, it owes me nothing but has run well for three years ...other week on M6, the cam belt snapped and tow folk said it probably damaged my engine badly. As I gave it a few start attempts on hardshoulder. A pal from work knowing I was skint £250 two cost ! gave me name of a mechanic who was cheap, he took a look, then agreed to replace engine and clutch. The work was done this weekend. The engine is in, the car is not starting. The Key Code orange button on the dash is lit all the time So he is having no joy at all. I provided mechanic with red key' to try last night and it did not solve the problem. I have asked if he checked fuses which he has. I asked if he had taken out ECU ? or messed with it, he said nope...I checked and he did take off battery first, before removing engine, then charged battery off his own car, but problem is still there. Unfortunately it is not doing the trick ). Mechanic tells me he has checked all earthing on the engine ( not sure what that means ) and it is fine. so now he is baffled...He also seems to have given up, I am concerned as I can see he has run out of ideas , and he just wants paying for the work he has done and to tow the car off his drive and leave it outside my road ...leaving me to try and sort out. I literally had to empty my piggy bank for this work to be done. Is there anything else he should be trying ? for example when I gave him the Red Key, is it as simple as putting in and turning the key in the ignition, or is there a few steps like like tapping the brake etc ? I did read something good while back but I could just be nuts Please do throw every bit of advice at me so I can get him to try out ....
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17 years ago