gb86
New member
Hi guys,
I have recently bought a nice '98 cinq abarth that needed work done. I'm no stranger to fixing up cinqs as i maintain 1 each for my 2 bro's and sis. I bought the car as a non runner having been told (by the seller who was told by her mechanic) that the crank shaft bearings had gone. As I had a spare block i thought it would be a relatively easy fix. I had the whole lot out and in bits only to find that everything was fine and it was just a seized alternator :S so i put it back together with a spare alt i had, plus new gaskets and a new clutch etc so i wasn't completely wasting my time! I also gave the whole lot a service, and gave it new brake fluid/pipes/drums/shoes/cylinders and a new exhaust. In other words ive gone to town making this cinqy sweet.
First time i went to start her up nothing happened. It sounded like it wasnt sparking so i grabbed the red key instead of the blue one and she fired up. I left her to get up to temp and everything was running smoothly. Then i went to drive up and down my lane and i started kangarooing along. So i sat her idling again and she seemed fine apart from the immob light was on. I turned off and on again and she ticked over fine again with no warning lights. But as soon as i revved up, the immob warning light came on and the revs went up and down and didnt stay constant, whereas the revs should be stable as i was holding the peddle still. The immob warning light itself is flickery when this is happening.
I have uploaded a vid of whats happening to my webspace but as this is my first post im not allowed to post the url. However, you can probably work this out:
bbestates dot co dot uk slash immob dot mp4
once the warning light comes on, it stays on. And i dont need to rev up quite so much as i do in the vid for the light to come on, sometimes it comes on at lower revs but never idling.
I dont think its a sensor to do with the EMS because i should have the red EMS warning light if thats the case.
I'm a little confused with this one so any suggestions would be appreciated.
I have recently bought a nice '98 cinq abarth that needed work done. I'm no stranger to fixing up cinqs as i maintain 1 each for my 2 bro's and sis. I bought the car as a non runner having been told (by the seller who was told by her mechanic) that the crank shaft bearings had gone. As I had a spare block i thought it would be a relatively easy fix. I had the whole lot out and in bits only to find that everything was fine and it was just a seized alternator :S so i put it back together with a spare alt i had, plus new gaskets and a new clutch etc so i wasn't completely wasting my time! I also gave the whole lot a service, and gave it new brake fluid/pipes/drums/shoes/cylinders and a new exhaust. In other words ive gone to town making this cinqy sweet.
First time i went to start her up nothing happened. It sounded like it wasnt sparking so i grabbed the red key instead of the blue one and she fired up. I left her to get up to temp and everything was running smoothly. Then i went to drive up and down my lane and i started kangarooing along. So i sat her idling again and she seemed fine apart from the immob light was on. I turned off and on again and she ticked over fine again with no warning lights. But as soon as i revved up, the immob warning light came on and the revs went up and down and didnt stay constant, whereas the revs should be stable as i was holding the peddle still. The immob warning light itself is flickery when this is happening.
I have uploaded a vid of whats happening to my webspace but as this is my first post im not allowed to post the url. However, you can probably work this out:
bbestates dot co dot uk slash immob dot mp4
once the warning light comes on, it stays on. And i dont need to rev up quite so much as i do in the vid for the light to come on, sometimes it comes on at lower revs but never idling.
I dont think its a sensor to do with the EMS because i should have the red EMS warning light if thats the case.
I'm a little confused with this one so any suggestions would be appreciated.
