drunkenfool
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Registered: 7th Feb 03
Location: Hereford Drives: Audi R8 V8
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When i had the astra, the ECU light came on a couple of times, and the car was noticably slower. Turned out it was just the knock sensor, which was fixed. It is now doing it again (im assuming its this, but i dont have the ECU light in the corsa), going to my mates garage tomorrow to get the diagnostivs run, but i was just wondering what sort of power the engine kicks out when its in its "safety mode" thing. Still pulls, but feels very sluggish!
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drunkenfool
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Registered: 7th Feb 03
Location: Hereford Drives: Audi R8 V8
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ttt
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drunkenfool
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managed to keep up with a CRX del sol with my engine in "safe mode" thing.  Its the knock sensor and a sensor in the dizzy that have gone, getting it fixed on the weekend hopefully!
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myke
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Registered: 7th Feb 01
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not sure on the output in safe mode, but it restricts it to 4.5k revs i think, maybe changes the timing a little to prevent damage.
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Cybermonkey
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Registered: 22nd Sep 02
Location: Sydney, Australia
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at a guess, i would say the ECU would bring power down by half, so about 75-80bhp.
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Patrick
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Registered: 25th Apr 02
Location: SE London
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I don't know about power but what the ECU does is cuts torque by 50% when it detects an engine management fault.
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Cybermonkey
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Registered: 22nd Sep 02
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if thats definate patrick, that would mean the power would be reduced by 50% too
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Patrick
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Registered: 25th Apr 02
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I'm pretty sure that's definate. Someone at Vaux told me when my air-mass meter was playing up.
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