paul t.
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Hey all, just found this nice forum thorugh googling my fault, searched the whole place and I can't seem to find an answer, so I'm posting it up. Any responses, please be as non-tech as possible as I am slightly clueless with cars....
Punto 2001 sporting 1.2 16v was left for a few weeks while I went away with my job, got back and battery dead. No problem, charged it in the garage and popped it back in. Engine started after a few seconds, nothing sounded weird and it ticked over erratically between 700-1100 RPM, which I'm led to believe is quite normal with this model.
So, I press down on the accelerator to reverse the car off the drive to take it for a warm-up spin and nothing happens. The accelerator doesn't do anything at all!
Now, I'm not completely clueless, so I checked the engine for the throttle cable to see if that was the problem, couldn't see it and was informed by a friend that the accelerator might be electronic, in which case the ECU might be buggered. :bang:
So anyone had any experience with this or just know what the fault is?
Thanks in advance.
Punto 2001 sporting 1.2 16v was left for a few weeks while I went away with my job, got back and battery dead. No problem, charged it in the garage and popped it back in. Engine started after a few seconds, nothing sounded weird and it ticked over erratically between 700-1100 RPM, which I'm led to believe is quite normal with this model.
So, I press down on the accelerator to reverse the car off the drive to take it for a warm-up spin and nothing happens. The accelerator doesn't do anything at all!
Now, I'm not completely clueless, so I checked the engine for the throttle cable to see if that was the problem, couldn't see it and was informed by a friend that the accelerator might be electronic, in which case the ECU might be buggered. :bang:
So anyone had any experience with this or just know what the fault is?
Thanks in advance.