motor control system failure

On Fri, 23 Jul 2010 08:44:52 +0100, Jim > wrote:

>Managed to get the ecu scanned and that confirmed what I had
>discovered......the fault code was that of cylinder 3 not getting a
>squirt of fuel!
>
>Having tried to clean and improve the contact several times I now am
>slightly concerned because although I can get it running beautifully for
>a while the damn thing eventually reverts to the same problem. The fault
>code was cleared and remained clear for a while but returned just as
>soon as the contact 'let go' again. Anybody got a sure fire way of
>making an effing good contact between the two parts of the damned plug??
>Or am I barking up the wrong tree.....one begins to wonder.??

It could be that the cable itself is intermittent. Every time you
reseat/clean the connector, the disturbance allows the cable to work
for a while. If repeated cleaning/reseating doesn't work then I'd
suggest the problem isn't the connector or that the connector is no
longer serviceable (assuming you've not made an @rse of the cleaning).

How many miles are on the clock..is the injector past its best?

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