DimDG
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Registered: 1st Sep 01
Location: Athens - Greece
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Well. as some of you might remember, I had a problem with my corsa (X16XE on steinmetz throttle bodies) as it the EML light was flashing and the engine wouldn't start.
Well, this was solved a week ago after 1 month and a half! The immobiliser that was by-passed in '99 (as the car didn't originally have one but an ECU with immo was fitted and it was by-passed), when it was converted from X14XE to X16XE on TB's, blocked the ECU again, after 8 years. And that happened when I took the car to a guy to fit a dastek unichip to my car and program it, so this couldn't be done.
A found a guy that reprogrammed it (the original ECU) and fitted an immo chip and by-passed it, so the car finally started!
Then the car ran out of battery, as it was left 1 1/2 month without being used. Changed it.
Then as I drove it home the fan didn't work, so it started smoking! Fixed it!
Then as I drove it to fit the unichip, the car was losing fluids from somewhere. So for the fourth time I had to cancel fitting the Dastek unichip to have the car checked from underneath, which will happen today.
Am I unlucky or what? 
[Edited on 11-05-2007 by DimDG]
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VegasPhil
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Part of the joys mate. My car dumped all of its coolant onto the Redbridge Flyover in Southampton on it's first road test.
Be patient - You'll get there 
Corsa 2.0 16v Vegas - Sold
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Ricky352
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its a corsa, i wudnt expect nething less.
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Fro
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Sorry to hear about that Dimos 
Hang in there I'm sure it will be worth it in the end 
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Fro
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quote:
Originally posted by VegasPhil
Part of the joys mate. My car dumped all of its coolant onto the Redbridge Flyover in Southampton on it's first road test.
Be patient - You'll get there
Is that the one by the harley davidson dealership?
You got it back on the road after your hub incident?
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VegasPhil
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Yeh it's back and works. Need tracking done haha
Corsa 2.0 16v Vegas - Sold
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45_CB
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I had lots of stages like that with mine.
Fix one thing another breaks, always the way it seems. then its just a waiting game until it does it again... cars for ya lol
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topshot_2k
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 and french stuff gets shot down
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DimDG
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quote:
Originally posted by 45_CB
I had lots of stages like that with mine.
Fix one thing another breaks, always the way it seems. then its just a waiting game until it does it again... cars for ya lol
U tell me!
I fix 1, 10 break. Murphy's law...
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DimDG
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It was a coolant pipe... So the fluids were not oil but water-coolant, fortunately!
Booked it for Tuesday now (mapping the Dastek unichip)...fingers crossed! I hope nothing else happens until then! Wish me luck! 
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45_CB
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Good luck buddy
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