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Old 08-10-2008, 10:23 PM
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Default erst onboard computer thingy

sorry for the crap title.

i havent been in an erst for years and was wandering what the the little computer on the r.h. side of the dash does??

whats the proper name for it and whats the chances of buying a erst with one still working??
Old 08-10-2008, 10:26 PM
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you mean the fuel computer ?
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Its a fuel consumtion computer.

The unit itself was ok, the fuel quantity sender was the main problem along with the wiring....LOL
Old 08-10-2008, 10:37 PM
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is it as good as the ones found on 90's golf gti's? as mine was full of bull !!!

is that all the computer did then??
Old 08-10-2008, 10:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Matt Tenpenny
is it as good as the ones found on 90's golf gti's? as mine was full of bull !!!

is that all the computer did then??
Fuel range, MPG, distance travelled (I think) it was all quite wank tbh
If you need one of those computer things let me kow

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Old 09-10-2008, 08:13 AM
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i had one in my granada 2.9 cosworth .."it was crap"
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I thought they were great!!

Range would say 100 miles. Ten seconds later you'd run out of petrol
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Originally Posted by Rab
I thought they were great!!

Range would say 100 miles. Ten seconds later you'd run out of petrol
mine was the other way round 0 left on the range and over 1/4 of a tank of fuel!

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I must be in a serious minority as mine actually works properly. Or at least it did before I put it away in the garage a year or so ago
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do the escort ones beep at you ? my old sierra one did all the bloody time and was really annoying.in the end i ignored it because i got sick of its lies !!
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