12-04-2013, 11:43 AM
Thanks every one who has replied, especially Cully for the information, greatly appeciated! Do you know where i could source a replacement Diode? Or is it just down to google? or buying another dash and extracting the part?
My car's at work atm, which im not due back till until monday now, so i will try starting it then without the dash in place. I've got the dash at home with me though so any repairs or bypass are possible over the weekend, just need to find the part and fingers crossed.
The stop light used to flash on a couple of seconds every now and then, but was very intermittent and at each mot/service it was told not to worry etc. The light wasn't on at time of driving though and first time i saw the oil light on was when it flashed rapidly after smoking. I'd also recently checked the oil so i knew it wasn't an issue with fluids but more electrical. I had wipers, main beams and was applying breaks as i turned into my industrial estate, is the possibility of trying to restart it whilst still having the lights and wipers set to come on be a cause of the issue? As in drawing to much power?
If on monday the ECU is fried, i assume matching a replacement for engine and model is a nightmare?
My car's at work atm, which im not due back till until monday now, so i will try starting it then without the dash in place. I've got the dash at home with me though so any repairs or bypass are possible over the weekend, just need to find the part and fingers crossed.
The stop light used to flash on a couple of seconds every now and then, but was very intermittent and at each mot/service it was told not to worry etc. The light wasn't on at time of driving though and first time i saw the oil light on was when it flashed rapidly after smoking. I'd also recently checked the oil so i knew it wasn't an issue with fluids but more electrical. I had wipers, main beams and was applying breaks as i turned into my industrial estate, is the possibility of trying to restart it whilst still having the lights and wipers set to come on be a cause of the issue? As in drawing to much power?
If on monday the ECU is fried, i assume matching a replacement for engine and model is a nightmare?