My drowned ECU -
Day 1 -
Tried to start the car and nothing happened, no clicks from starter, dashboard lights bright, headlights bright and no warning lights on dash so i assumed it may be the lock barrel or a fuse or something, i got a battery test done by a mechanic and it was fine and he checked the starter while he was there i am not sure how he did this but when under the car he managed to get the motor to spin he then said it would have to go to a garage as he didn't have the means to test it further.
Day 3 -
Got the car to a garage and they said it looked like it could be the ECU but they would run some tests and fingers crossed it would be something less expensive.
Day 5 -
The bad news water under the scuttle panel and a drowned ECU they said they may be able to get it fixed but there was no guarantee even if i got the ECU repaired it would work, i looked at the options and it would cost ÂŁ500 (ish) to get it repaired then with the time the garage had already spent working on it plus the time it would take to install the repaired ECU and get everything working again i was looking at close to ÂŁ1000, the car got a few advisories on its last MOT so i knew i was going to have to spend at least couple of hundred before its next MOT so at that point i decided it was not worth putting any more money into it so i scrapped it.
I post this thread every time a diesel owner posts in the forum as something as simple as cleaning the drain holes can save you a fortune i hope it helps anyone reading this.
Vauxhall must have known about this issue years ago but they continued to place the ECU in the same place on the diesels but not the petrol version knowing it would eventually kill the ECU nice one VX.
On the 1.3 diesel models the drain holes under the scuttle panel block with leaves and other crap the ECU then sits in a water bath water eventually gets inside and destroys the ECU so get those drain holes cleared (video below) and keep your fingers crossed its not too late.
A new ECU will cost you many hundreds of pounds and you cannot simply buy one on eBay as it will not work, you can get the damaged one repaired but again you are talking hundreds of pounds if it is repairable
The guy in the video shows you where the drain holes are.
Day 1 -
Tried to start the car and nothing happened, no clicks from starter, dashboard lights bright, headlights bright and no warning lights on dash so i assumed it may be the lock barrel or a fuse or something, i got a battery test done by a mechanic and it was fine and he checked the starter while he was there i am not sure how he did this but when under the car he managed to get the motor to spin he then said it would have to go to a garage as he didn't have the means to test it further.
Day 3 -
Got the car to a garage and they said it looked like it could be the ECU but they would run some tests and fingers crossed it would be something less expensive.
Day 5 -
The bad news water under the scuttle panel and a drowned ECU they said they may be able to get it fixed but there was no guarantee even if i got the ECU repaired it would work, i looked at the options and it would cost ÂŁ500 (ish) to get it repaired then with the time the garage had already spent working on it plus the time it would take to install the repaired ECU and get everything working again i was looking at close to ÂŁ1000, the car got a few advisories on its last MOT so i knew i was going to have to spend at least couple of hundred before its next MOT so at that point i decided it was not worth putting any more money into it so i scrapped it.
I post this thread every time a diesel owner posts in the forum as something as simple as cleaning the drain holes can save you a fortune i hope it helps anyone reading this.
Vauxhall must have known about this issue years ago but they continued to place the ECU in the same place on the diesels but not the petrol version knowing it would eventually kill the ECU nice one VX.
On the 1.3 diesel models the drain holes under the scuttle panel block with leaves and other crap the ECU then sits in a water bath water eventually gets inside and destroys the ECU so get those drain holes cleared (video below) and keep your fingers crossed its not too late.
A new ECU will cost you many hundreds of pounds and you cannot simply buy one on eBay as it will not work, you can get the damaged one repaired but again you are talking hundreds of pounds if it is repairable
The guy in the video shows you where the drain holes are.