me and a few of me mates have put an S reg 1.8 escort gti engine in a van we had a few small problems but it werent to bad until now, we are having trouble getting it runing.we have fuel but no spark and we think its the immobiliser on the engine. could anybody help me please and tel me how i can bypass it. we dont have the donor car just the engine and loom.

 

is there any electricians that can help me.

 

I am not an electrician but I do no its tied into alsorts and I do not believe there is a quick fix connect these two wire type solution.

Might be better getting a good willing auto electrician to look at it. What about the original key from the donor? Have you thought of that as a solution?

 

You will need the original key as it has a chip in it. Do you have the donor car? If so it will make it a lot easier!

 

no donor car just engine and loom. can anybody else help me please.

 

i think this car will have "pats" (passive anti theft system). making it a right pain in the arse! one solution would be to get a loom and manifold from an earlier car..... like an rs1800 fiesta i think these had a better ecu and throttle body as well

 

iirc you'll need the original PATS key and the little doodah that clips around the ignition barrel. As said above, get an early Non pats ecu, not sure on the coding, I think its DUDE or something like that

 

PATS will screw you over, jus spoken to my mate for you whos an auto electrician he says its a right pain to bypass as well but will give me some details over the weekend and i will send em over to you.

 

thanks mate that will be a very big help.

 

he said you have got 2 options really 1 is find an early non pats ecu, or 2 find another escort gti and get the matching key and ecu, you can then get the little red chip out of the new key and fit it to your existing key for your actual car.

those are the easier options although he said there is a way round by adjusting some wires that come from the pats box which i think is in the drivers footwell kick panel or he seems to remember a company that will come and turn off the pats on the car but he couldnt remember where they were based, will ask him for more info tomoz see if he can think of owt. hth a lil bit

 

cheers mate that would sound.

 

ive asked him but hes swammpd at the mo if i keep askin he may come up wit summit!!

 

cheers mate much apperciated.