24-05-2011, 08:00 PM
Dear All
Been having "issues" with my Berlingo van (see multi plug harness thread) and slowly but surely with bumps on the way I think Im getting somewhere. For original fault see the multi harness thread) anyway.....I had an auto electrician out to it who ran a few checks but said he couldnt do anything with the van as the harness multi plug looked defective (corrosion etc). He found an immobiliser under the dash and removed it but said he thought it had already been disarmed previously. I didnt know it existed. Painstakingly I labelled every wire on the multi harness, cut them and ground the multi plug on the bench grinder to identify which wire went to which pin. I bypassed the multi plug and did this succesfully and put her back together. Hey presto got power to glow plugs and even dash light works and goes out as it should BUT I now got an illuminated key light on dash. Van will not start. I dont know if this is as a result of my work or the auto electrician removing the immobiliser. My neighbour is a retired mechanic and he cracked an injector off and found no fuel cetting through. In my limited judgement I think its the fuel shut off thats not energising because of some electric fault. I dont even know if the van (51 plate 1.9d) had any kind of factory immobilisation system before the add-on one was fitted (unlikely). The key for the van is a citroen key (has the logo stamped in) but has no chip or anything in it - its like a spare. The light on the dash says the van doesnt recognise the key. Does my van have any sort of immobilisation system still on it and secondly, I have power reaching the plug to the solenoid when the key is turned but I hear no click from the solenoid. Help.
Been having "issues" with my Berlingo van (see multi plug harness thread) and slowly but surely with bumps on the way I think Im getting somewhere. For original fault see the multi harness thread) anyway.....I had an auto electrician out to it who ran a few checks but said he couldnt do anything with the van as the harness multi plug looked defective (corrosion etc). He found an immobiliser under the dash and removed it but said he thought it had already been disarmed previously. I didnt know it existed. Painstakingly I labelled every wire on the multi harness, cut them and ground the multi plug on the bench grinder to identify which wire went to which pin. I bypassed the multi plug and did this succesfully and put her back together. Hey presto got power to glow plugs and even dash light works and goes out as it should BUT I now got an illuminated key light on dash. Van will not start. I dont know if this is as a result of my work or the auto electrician removing the immobiliser. My neighbour is a retired mechanic and he cracked an injector off and found no fuel cetting through. In my limited judgement I think its the fuel shut off thats not energising because of some electric fault. I dont even know if the van (51 plate 1.9d) had any kind of factory immobilisation system before the add-on one was fitted (unlikely). The key for the van is a citroen key (has the logo stamped in) but has no chip or anything in it - its like a spare. The light on the dash says the van doesnt recognise the key. Does my van have any sort of immobilisation system still on it and secondly, I have power reaching the plug to the solenoid when the key is turned but I hear no click from the solenoid. Help.