fab4272
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- VE Series 2 Equipe Sportwagon
Hi all,
My VE Series 2 with 3.0 SIDI has been stalling the last 5 days. Engine runs smoothly then for no reason it can shudder then stall, or cut out completely. When this happens and I leave the ignition on, the butterfly on the intake is clicking on and off rapidly. The dash displays engine immobilised.
When I try to restart, most times it won't start straight away, but if I wait a few minutes it will, but then again will stall within 30 seconds. After cooling down for a few hrs it will run again like normal until this happens again.
Took it to the mechanic who picked up a fault in the battery. Changed that, car ran great for 4 days but is now doing it again.
The only error coming up on the scanner is " key transponder key error". He thought it might be the transponder being faulty and the computer switching on the immobiliser when it couldn't find the key, but then he thought that when the car has been started, the key is then bypassed as it would be unsafe to switch the car off when driving.
Anyone else experience this at all? I'm thinking either the TPS or ECM.
Would Holden have better diagnosis equipment better than a general necessary than a general mechanic? His scanner was about the size of a laptop and had my model car in its database.
Thanks.
My VE Series 2 with 3.0 SIDI has been stalling the last 5 days. Engine runs smoothly then for no reason it can shudder then stall, or cut out completely. When this happens and I leave the ignition on, the butterfly on the intake is clicking on and off rapidly. The dash displays engine immobilised.
When I try to restart, most times it won't start straight away, but if I wait a few minutes it will, but then again will stall within 30 seconds. After cooling down for a few hrs it will run again like normal until this happens again.
Took it to the mechanic who picked up a fault in the battery. Changed that, car ran great for 4 days but is now doing it again.
The only error coming up on the scanner is " key transponder key error". He thought it might be the transponder being faulty and the computer switching on the immobiliser when it couldn't find the key, but then he thought that when the car has been started, the key is then bypassed as it would be unsafe to switch the car off when driving.
Anyone else experience this at all? I'm thinking either the TPS or ECM.
Would Holden have better diagnosis equipment better than a general necessary than a general mechanic? His scanner was about the size of a laptop and had my model car in its database.
Thanks.