New Gen 4 Purchase - The Good & The Bad..

CrunchyAdams82 · Post by **CrunchyAdams82** » Sun Mar 30, 2014 11:21 am

You are a regular hero..

CrunchyAdams82 · Post by **CrunchyAdams82** » Sun Mar 30, 2014 4:38 pm

So, just changed the ECU for a P13 Spoon chipped variety..and now it's fast!

Also spitting some pretty mean flames too by the sounds of things!

However, the engine management light is still coming on. So is this to do with the advance/retard of the dizzy, timing in general, spark plugs, or something more sinister?

Car is running fine, just keeps throwing code 15.

'92 Si VTEC · Post by **jjmartin349571** » Sun Mar 30, 2014 5:06 pm

A quick search online suggests a couple of people have had intermittent igniters causing this code, might be worth checking yours against a known good one if possible?

CrunchyAdams82 · Post by **CrunchyAdams82** » Sun Mar 30, 2014 8:48 pm

Isn't the igniter incorporated in the dizzy though?

This dizzy was working fine on the last Lude it was in. Just seems to be too much of a coincidence that it throws the code just after we'd fitted it.

Or maybe there's something else wrong that caused the last dizzy to fail?

Tried 2 ECU's, so it's not that..

Like I say, the car drives fine though.

Odd.

Post by **Thebusofwoe** » Sun Mar 30, 2014 9:18 pm

CrunchyAdams82 wrote:So, just changed the ECU for a P13 Spoon chipped variety..and now it's fast!

Also spitting some pretty mean flames too by the sounds of things!

However, the engine management light is still coming on. So is this to do with the advance/retard of the dizzy, timing in general, spark plugs, or something more sinister?

Car is running fine, just keeps throwing code 15.

Told you that that ecu would rip

. Yes it is mate, all in one unit. Can be changed tho. Maybe the igniter is good in the old dizzy??? Could try swapping them over when I next see you

CrunchyAdams82 · Post by **CrunchyAdams82** » Sun Mar 30, 2014 9:22 pm

Yeah sure mate, it's worth a try. I'll bring it with.

vtectom · Post by **vtectom** » Sun Mar 30, 2014 11:33 pm

My dizzy fault turned out to be the top dead position sensor. Car still ran fine though.

CrunchyAdams82 · Post by **CrunchyAdams82** » Mon Mar 31, 2014 6:48 am

What's that then?

vtectom · Post by **vtectom** » Mon Mar 31, 2014 10:03 am

It's an inbuilt sensor in the dizzy that checks crank position.

CrunchyAdams82 · Post by **CrunchyAdams82** » Mon Mar 31, 2014 12:13 pm

Ahh I see. Might be dodgy then. I'll try an alternative & see if the problem persists.