this may be my problem. my knock sensor is for a x16xe and my engine is an xel
think the loom is the same as it has red and white and ecu beige and red

i am going to investigate this more

no probs. let me know and i will confirm if the loom is compatible:thumbs:

i dunno mate will have to and check tomorrow, but i know that the red plug is the same colour on both ECU's but on one of them its white and the other beige like that pic..

what wire is :



on your loom?

erm one is beige and one red i think, but the ecu one is white and one is red..

if the knock sensor wiring was wrong i.e an incompatible loom or ecu then the fault code for knock sensor will come on. to find out for definate the problem, unplug the knock sensor and see if the fault codes change.

what colour plugs are on the end of your loom?

YEah thats the thread i mean, no im only getting the EGR fault code still :|

you mean this thread?

http://www.corsasport.co.uk/board/viewthread.php?tid=263898

are you getting any fault codes for the knock sensor?

Yeah, apprantly so, but Burnout had exactly the same symptoms as me when he changed his engine for a later spec 1.4 but didnt change the ecu and found out the knock sensor wiring was different and that sorted it, so it seems like that may be my problem and the EGR valve coming up i think was just stored in the ECU as a problem previously from the previous car it was attached too.

rob, there is no difference in the egr wiring and thats the fault you are getting isnt it?

well i have the ecu just not the transponder and chip and his car is at lee M's..

or a new ecu from the right age car?

OK so my problem is most likely i have an ECU after 97 to incorperate a differnt knock sensor thats on it cause my engine is from 96, is there any simple way to fix this like just getting a new knoc sensor or would it involve changing all the loom for it etc... ?

changed in what way?
just need a different knock sensor?

yes, knock sensor wiring changed after 1997.

Did the wiring loom or ECU's change at all in production of the x16xe's recent post revealed that someone doing a x14xe into x14xe conversion found the knock sensor wiring to be different when changeing the engine, mine also had the same symptoms of the EML coming on only when i boot it and then stayin on.

Im not currently using the ECU that came with the engine im using one from an engine i dont know the year of as the ecu was bought seperatly, basically i just want to know if anything changed as i know my engine is out of a late GSI ...:thumbs: