erst onboard computer thingy
08-10-2008, 10:23 PM
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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??
08-10-2008, 10:26 PM
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you mean the fuel computer ?
08-10-2008, 10:27 PM
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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
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??
08-10-2008, 10:44 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??
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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09-10-2008, 08:13 AM
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i had one in my granada 2.9 cosworth .."it was crap"
09-10-2008, 08:37 AM
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I thought they were great!!
Range would say 100 miles. Ten seconds later you'd run out of petrol
09-10-2008, 09:31 AM
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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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09-10-2008, 12:04 PM
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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
09-10-2008, 12:45 PM
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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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