westernlancia
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Hi folks
I have a Lancia Y 840, which is identical mechanically to a Series 1 Punto, and for a while now it has been displaying symptoms which I think might be an ECU fault. It failed the French MoT equivalent on emissions, and although I replaced the cat, lambda, coil packs, plugs, leads and exhaust and just managed to scrape a pass (I think the guy may have been cutting me some slack!), it still smells funny. It has also burnt a hole in the back bumper, presumably because the exhaust gases are so hot (the Y exhaust exits inside the bumper). And now it has started misfiring quite badly, and still smells funny. I am getting more and more convinced it must be the ECU, but before I try to get one I wanted to get an OBD reader to see if it is showing any faults. But all the ones I can find on eBay have the wrong kind of plug - my socket is the small oval one that is like a lot of the connectors on our cars. I have attached a pic of the socket and the ECU, and I would be grateful for any help - e.g. if anyone else has had the same fault and/or if anyone has found a good and preferably cheap code reader!
I have a Lancia Y 840, which is identical mechanically to a Series 1 Punto, and for a while now it has been displaying symptoms which I think might be an ECU fault. It failed the French MoT equivalent on emissions, and although I replaced the cat, lambda, coil packs, plugs, leads and exhaust and just managed to scrape a pass (I think the guy may have been cutting me some slack!), it still smells funny. It has also burnt a hole in the back bumper, presumably because the exhaust gases are so hot (the Y exhaust exits inside the bumper). And now it has started misfiring quite badly, and still smells funny. I am getting more and more convinced it must be the ECU, but before I try to get one I wanted to get an OBD reader to see if it is showing any faults. But all the ones I can find on eBay have the wrong kind of plug - my socket is the small oval one that is like a lot of the connectors on our cars. I have attached a pic of the socket and the ECU, and I would be grateful for any help - e.g. if anyone else has had the same fault and/or if anyone has found a good and preferably cheap code reader!
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