Year of Manufacture *: X reg Engine Code or CC *: Thats the problem! ;-
(Damn, hit wrong button!)
Owner bought zafira with blown engine (Z16XE) but fitted an X16XEL off e-blag. (He claimes that a Vauxhall tech said it would be OK!)
Not surprisingly it doesnt work too well!
The problem is that the CPS on the Z16XE is in the block near the flywheel but on the X16XEL it is at the crank pully end.
The wire doesnt reach and, in any case, the CPS is missing from the "New" engine.
Now, Heres the "Folorne Hope" bit...
Does anybody know if fitting a new CPS and extending the wires to fit will work??
(IE will the ECU accept the signal from the crank pully end or will the phasing be all wrong)
The ECU is numbererd 09364492
If nobody has the definitive awnser I will just try it (the bits arent expensive), if it doesnt work he will have to get another (correct) engine I guess. He is sort of resigned to this, but it would be nice to get this one running!
So you got it, I saw it on flea bay and grinned, the last owner had I believe tried what you want to do and it had not worked,and that is why it was on flea bay. Regards MarkModern cars, Its all wizardry and witchcraft
If this customer has gone to the expense of taking the old engine out and putting the new one in, then I would have thought he would go that little bit further and stumped up for a CPS and a bit of your time. For the sake of a few squids, he would feel a bit of an a..e if that engine was whipped out and another one put in only to find that it would have worked in the first place. Don't think it will though
Its not like "Junkyard Wars!" anymore unfortunatly!
In the good old days you could more or less stick anything into anything else as long as it would physically fit. Getting it to work after that was easy-peasy
I have always said that I will not consider modern vehicle systems a "Mature technology" until I see a "Junkyard wars" challange being met by a team using a ford engine with a BMW ecu driving a Vauxhall electronically controlled gearbox with a toyota autoECU.
Until that day I am going to stick with my techycrap-free 1980's vehicles! (The only electronics in my Van is in the radio (#) and The MIG welder is my Friend! )
AAnyway, back to the original question. I gues thats a NO then!
(# Yes, I know there is some electronics in the alternator and some of the relays, but you get my point!)
on March 2, 2010, 6:46 pm, in reply to "
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