Another update.
A node is just another name for a control module just incase any body else wondered.
I have done some more checking today (along with a new cam belt) and I suspect the fault lies with the body control module. Has anybody had one of these go faulty before? Does anybody know if I can fit a second hand one or get my repaired?
Thanks,
Mick

MentalMick said:

Another update.
A node is just another name for a control module just incase any body else wondered.
I have done some more checking today (along with a new cam belt) and I suspect the fault lies with the body control module. Has anybody had one of these go faulty before? Does anybody know if I can fit a second hand one or get my repaired?
Thanks,
Mick

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I have a spare Body ECU, PM me ..

Can anybody answer me a technical question please?
Before I take the plunge on a body control module I would like to try one off a donor car. I have a donor car and I wonder if I swap the body control module and the engine ECU will I be able to start the car if I hold the key from the donor car next to the ignition switch?
Thanks,
Mick

when you fit a body computer from a donor car you will also need the belonging keys with their transponders and the belonging ecu - you also can revirginise your own ecu to relearn the new codes of the donor body computer.
You can swap the metal parts of the keys to maintain your original door locks and ignition lock.
However i'm still not convinced this will solve your problem....

yellowstilo said:

when you fit a body computer from a donor car you will also need the belonging keys with their transponders and the belonging ecu - you also can revirginise your own ecu to relearn the new codes of the donor body computer.
You can swap the metal parts of the keys to maintain your original door locks and ignition lock.
However i'm still not convinced this will solve your problem....

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I have had it on the examiner today to try and get to the bottom of the fault. When you do the proxi alignment it all completes successfully. However it doesn't cure the fault. You can get the examiner to operate all the dials and warning lights etc without a problem. When you chelae the CAN communication you get a solid green light on the body node but the rest of the nodes have a flashin green light. It also says that it is programmed correctly etc. I can't find any wiring issues on the car so really the body computer or the ECU is all that remains.
I just want to swap them from my donor car before I spen more money on the body computer. It also looks like the body computer has been previously repaired!! Not only does it have dirty finger prints all over it but it also has a mileage written on it!!
Mick

Ok, try the donor body computer but keep in mind you have to use the belonging keys and ecu (or revirginise your original ecu)

yellowstilo said:

Ok, try the donor body computer but keep in mind you have to use the belonging keys and ecu (or revirginise your original ecu)

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How do I revirginise the ECU?
Mick

Can anybody help please?
I have swapped the body computer, engine ecu and ive got the key from the donor car sat next to the key reader but the car is immobilised and won't start. Do I need to swap any other parts? What else is the immobiliser linked to that I haven't swapped?
I'm going to go and swap the key reader now but I don't think that will make any difference!!
Mick

As you has removed parts and replaced them with others you may need to perform Proxi-Alignment on the car so old nodes are removed and the new nodes are aligned. :idea:

Shadeyman said:

As you has removed parts and replaced them with others you may need to perform Proxi-Alignment on the car so old nodes are removed and the new nodes are aligned. :idea:

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Well I've managed to get it started by swapping the key reader aswell . However still no joy with the fault, even after proxi alignment. I have so far eliminated the following components: cluster, engine ecu, body module, fuse box, fuses and earth connections. By my reckoning all that leaves me with is the CAN wiring (oh joy). I'm now going to rebuild my donor car and start checking the wiring. Has anybody got any bright ideas where to start please?

Mick

Faulty wiring by the sounds of it, not going to be easy to find. Deckchair and Darven are usually up to speed with electrical diagrams etc. perhaps they will help.

Similar problems with my 1.9 JTD MW (54 reg). In the cold and wet, all dashboard lights and instruments were dead, except for one red and one orange light on warmup plus the clock - stuck at the wrong time.
Now we have some sunshine and dry weather, and suddenly every single light is on (and off and on again with great rapidity). So are the speedo and rev counter needles but, when the display dies, they may well be stuck at a higher reading than they actually were on before the display died. Then the next time they're on, they have properly re-zeroed themselves. All light effects with a backing track of hissing and clicking.
The hissing and clicking and flashing on and off of the area of the display housing the clock and odometer also continues for a short while after the motor is stopped and the key removed.
And then there's the oil level warning sensor indicator plus warning triangle, which sometimes - but certainly not each time - displays when the cluster comes back to life when driving, accompanied by frenzied beeping.
Is the problem most likely to be:
a. a problem with the actual sensor
b. the instrument cluster connectors
c. something else?

C: probably your instrument cluster itself.....

Thanks Yellowstilo, that seems to be the consensus view. The possibilities of dud battery and bad earth have also been eliminated.
But I forgot to mention the repeated startup checks while the car is running, which is usually when the oil level sensor warning kicks in, although it doesn't always happen.

the repeated startup checks/resets while the car is running also indicate a faulty cluster - i can repair this for you but you would have to send it to the Netherlands, return 1 day after arrival.
Further info by PM please.

I see due to not being able to fix her you've decided to sell.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/330728713122

Yes I've had to buy her a new car as she has finally got sick of not having a speedo. Because she uses the car daily I haven't really got the time to dedicate to it to sort it out. I can't afford to keep now I've had to pay out for another car :-(. Shame really as I would have liked to have sorted it as it is a bloody good car other than that.