My New Cinq: The First VanAaken Turbo

Heard you'd bought this matey, not spoken for ages must catch up at some point.. Good to see you cracking on with it, with far more pace than i have with mine atm i might add (although got new panels to go on now )

Have you still got that little project that you were making for the red one?? you gotta do it now you got a cinq again now!!!

You can try get them ronals on there now see if its possible for me before i go spending money lol.

Hope to catch you soon chief..

hey mate, yea long time no speak! dont think i can do the project which is a shame! i was thinking about trying the ronals but i dont have wobblys otherwise i would :P

hi mate its looking good glad you are cracking on with it dont forget the wiring to the oxygen sensor might be wrong too i just pluged it in to get it running not sure if they are right.

keep up the good work

ahhh fair play mate, this is looking better each time i see a pic! anymore news over the last couple of days? and did you work out the engine managment part?
will.

sure the FCD is connected properly and not causing the engine light to come on?!?

Cheers for the comments guys, the light is still flashing, tbh i havent touched the car for a week or so.. i havent got a clue what a FCD is? Maybe it is, maybe it isnt :P Projects on hold til 2 weekends, then the whole family has a week off so ill try pinch dad for a few days and get the ball rolling a bit!

FCD= Fuel Cut Defender...

vad ones are pretty ****e aswell i had an fcd problem with mine.

i got a HKS adjustable one as its off my turbo seicento dont need as im using megasquirt now

RE brakes... yea get UT brakes!

I have fast road pads and discs and i managed to make them semi catch fire the other day after only two roundabouts

Nice to see another ressurected

Right well, after reading this i went and read all the posts i could to try and see where said FCD would be.. i can't see one? If it's connected to the map sensor then all the wires look like they've been cut and rejoined, so the FCD may have been removed? no worries though as the car hasn't been moved or been left running for long in a long time!
Pics below:


Also can anyone verify if the black box is the MF2? Its got 1xThick Black, 1xThick Red, 1xThin Black, 1xThin Red and 1xOrange cables going into it and when i traced the wires, they go to the 2nd injector in the engine bay..



Craig

thats the MF2 yeah and the FCD could be near the ecu plug or near the map sensor little black box usually about 1"

Yea, the first two pics are under the map sensor, i looked all around the ECU and can't see anything there..

EDIT: here's a video of the engine running and the popping noise it makes when it wants to cut-out!

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http://www.fiatforum.com/gallery/sho...3&limit=recent

Good to see the car being revived.

Firstly is that a vacuum hose going to the MF2? Looks like it, only other car I have seen like that is Blu's (Jamie's old car) which had been modified to accept vacuum and therefore do away with needing a 2nd MAP sensor as they do not come like this as standard. Look here for pictures and instruction book http://www.turbobits.co.uk/acatalog/...ontroller.html

The FCD is normally one of two types on VAD models, this being an early one i would expect to see a largish unit about 40by55mm made by Superchips that has a little diagram inside to say which wires goes where. theses are normally stuck to the back of the bracket behind the ECU where the two fuses holders are. The later type made by VAD is much smaller and normally spliced into the loom nearer the multiplug for the ECU as i bought a new one which came with instructions to do exactly this. I would try taking the tape of those wires and see if its just a cut and join or its in fact splice and then follow the spliced wires back to FCD. As for FCD this is simple and easy to use http://www.thor-racing.co.uk/Fuel_Cut_Defencer-VFCC.asp

The first thing i would do with this car with the high mileage is replace the fuel pump with the uprated Walbro, I personally would not use a 2nd hand pump as well you got to ask your self if there is a market for those pumps it's probably cause they fail, buy new get warranty be rest assured they are cheap at less than £100. And then get a 2nd fuel pressure regulator and set it up as I have explained on a few threads to ensure that the 2nd injector is getting its correct pressure.

As for car running poor, I'd start with all the normal stuff, coil packs, plugs, ignition leads, timing as it sounds as if it could be out.