Technical Help!!! Stilio Abarth Selespeed Calibration

[del_abarth]

Hi there guys,

Got a question for you.

I have a 2002 Abarth stilo and 2 or so months ago it decided to stop going into gear, so took to my local fiat specialist who found a corroded wiring loom so we replaced that still no selection, we then tried another gbox ecu still to no avail.

Then the gbox was removed where we found that there was a broken sensor on the back of the box. So replaced that. Put it all back together tested all manually and examiner is coming up with the correct reading as is the dashboard. All sensors, potentiometers, have all been tested too.

The problem is that we now cant the Examiner to cailibrate the gearbox...

Any thoughts people?

Theres no many Abarth stilos up here so my mechanic has never came accross this fault.......


Thanks in advance

 

[Greggers]

Get a VAGCOM cable for a tenner off of eBay and download Yani's FiatEcuScan software (it's free) and run the calibration on there and see how you get on. Myself and Danhans have done it successfully with our Selespeeds, so hopefully it'll work for you and be a darn sight cheaper than hooking up to Examiner!

 

[del_abarth]

Hey greggers, ta for the reply, cars currently in the garage as we speak, has been for a while, and the problem is that the examiner wont calibrate the system :-(

Ta anyway

 

[Most Easterly Pandas]

Have you replaced origional ECU back into car? Was replacement ECU new, as I know with engine ECU's you can't use 2nd hand ones or it mucks the system up

 

[del_abarth]

Hey Pandas

It was from a salvage place the 2nd gearbox ecu....
The original is back in place.

Any thoughts

ta

 

[del_abarth]

Any other thoughts guys...

when the box is put into gear "manually" by hand it shows on examiner and on the dash the right gear......

just the examiner shows up unable to calibrate

 

[NumanR]

Have you bled the hydraulic fluid into the selespeed actuator? Do you have hydaraulic pressure (at least 40 bar)?
Check the rest of the electronic ecus for errors, sometimes calibration cannot be done due to errors in abs or engine ecus.
Check the clutch rod length using examiner, from memory it should be around 17 mm, but that could be wrong as i havent done this for a while. Try altering the length and retrying.
Does it give any other clues as to why it wont calibrate?

 

[del_abarth]

Abarth Selespeed Examiner Fault?

Hi there PPL

Further to my previous post, my mechanic has informed me that the fault he is getting from his examiner is...

Solenoid Valve Selection

Having checked all solenoids and all sensors and the actuator and it all being fine we are kinda stumped as to what could be causing this...


Any ideas Folks

Thanks in advance

 

[del_abarth]

Anyone pleeeeze, im missing my car.....

 

[Most Easterly Pandas]

I assume all connection and earthing point have been checked and cleaned

 

[del_abarth]

yup, they have im sure, guy im using is scotlands top fiat guy, but this has got him stumped totally!!! And me

 

[Davren]

Have you/your mechanic tried all the suggestions by NumanR in post #7 above?

If so, what were the results?

 

[del_abarth]

Hi Davren

Spoke to him about it and showed him the post and yup everything suggested was tried, resulting in the error mentioned above

 

[volxstu]

Do you have anything draining off the power? Is the examiner connecting properly just not letting you calibrate. It is fully compatable yes? Its always best to look at the simple things as these are just as likely as a more complex mechanical issues.