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Old 10-02-2007, 07:50 PM
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my brothers big turbo escos has been off the road for about 3 weeks now as it broke down - no spark had the tester on it all sensor were getting power still no spark but power going into the dizzy from the coil , changed the phase sensor still no spark , checked fuse box fuses and a 10amp had blown (fuse 3) changed that and it fired up sweet as a nut first time , not sure what the fuse is for ? says KAT on the fusebox cover , does anyone know what fuse it is as we pulled it out and it cus the engine out dead replaced it and fine bit of a mystery
Old 10-02-2007, 07:52 PM
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I think it's the engine managament and the heating element in the lambda probe.
Old 10-02-2007, 07:57 PM
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Are you sure it's not KAM, KEEP ALIVE MEMORY.
It basically stores fine tuning info for engine running, did not realise it would prevent running though if blown.
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Lambda or loom to lambda is fudged.... or could be fuse box...
Old 10-02-2007, 09:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Damo V
Lambda or loom to lambda is fudged.... or could be fuse box...
its got a brand new fuse box , will check the lamba loom tomoz tho
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This exact issue has happened to me as well. Changed fuse and all OK.
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