Zitat von shiggsy;82408You sure about that, mine clears ABS Fault codes. If you have a permament fault it might look like its not clearing them.
Well, I have only tried it on the ABS 4 or 5 times. It appears to clear the fault, but then the fault is back again, even theough there is no yellow light showing on the dash. Also, I don't think that the descriptions that go with the fault codes are correct. But, I know carsoft uses a data file for these and I may not have the right one.
Thats sounds like an intermittent ABS fault, your picking up the stored fault but there is no current fault to illuminate the dash light.
Well, if you have a spark, maybe what you don't have is fuel or air. Check the fuel pump and also MAF sensors - although unlikely for both to be faulty- and check butterfly throttles.
Crank sensors are a classic cause of non-starting as if the engine management doesn't get a reading of engine speed then it gives up. As our cars have two crank sensors then a single duff one causes the motor to limp not fail to start. This happened to my car when I broke the end off one of my crank sensors due to biblical incompetence of my part. The motor still ran, just on 6.
If the sparks are all sparking then i'd look at fuel supply.
Did you ever get the stomp test working? It can be fiddly, you have to get the timing of the "stomps" just right.
when was the last time you changed your fuel filters?
If you're getting spark I think your crank sensors are OK. Bad crank sensors usually work when cold then fail when hot (at least on other cars I've had).
Change your fuel filters!!!! Even if it's not the cause of this problem it should definitely be done. I thought it was on an Inspection II?
Every other IN2 but for the cost, I do them every IN2.
8Tech.
Well you know the old joke about - did you try switching it on ? ........
Car eventually went in for diagnostics:-
No fault codes, ignition ok, ECUs ok.
Tried some spray into the intake and it fired and ran for a few seconds.
They then moved on to fuel supply, no fuel getting through to injectors.
Noticed some gurgling from the tank and at first suspected the fuel pump.
Didn't expect it to be the fuel filters as they rarely get completely blocked.
Just on the offchance as they had a spare can of fuel lying around, decided to add some fuel to the tank.
A few churns on the starter and it fired and ran and continued running.
Out for a test drive - everything fine.
So the cause of all this grief was - there was no fuel in the tank !!! 
When this problem started there was approx 1/4 tank showing on the gauge and a little below when it went in for diagnostics.
The gauge has always been super-accurate up to now and I have occasionally run it on reserve when racing - still gauge was accurate down to virtually empty. So a faulty gauge or float sensor was the last thing I suspected.
Of the two, I would say a sticking float sensor would be my bet.
Garage advised topping up the tank and seeing how it goes on the gauge from there. Thats what I did and seems to be working ok so far. I'll be watching it like a hawk from now on, especially when it gets low.
Oh and they replaced the fuel filters before I collected.
Martin, I'm really pleased that you sorted the problem out and super impressed that you admitted what the problem was! You're a better man than me, I think I may have hit the bulls**t and claimed that something terribly complicated was wrong. Good man 
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Superb, that is fantastic news, so all in all problem solved for the cost of a full tank of fuel!
Over the years I have successfully repaired 2 of my vehicles with some petrol.
Is it possible that the fuel filters were causing the problem and in the process of diagnosing the problem you ran out of fuel? That's definitely what I would be telling myself.
Nice one Martin, I'm glad you got it sorted out - and thanks for making me laugh out loud 
I've also managed to repair a non starting engine by adding some fuel so I wouldn' feel too bad about it.
Zitat von martinw;83284
Guess the message is - don't trust your fuel gauge .....
You have a float sensor in each part of the fuel tank attached to the pump assy. After what you reported I would assume that one of those is/was stuck.
As long as the fuel tank is almost empty you can get in there but IIRC it is recommended to use new seals afterwards. Not a big job but certainly intoxicating 
Cheers
Reinhard
Hey Reinhard - off topic - sorry... but i'm jealous of the standalone parts catalogue that you seem to have, at least judging by your screen shots. How do I get such a thing? It would be useful for whiling away hours on planes, etc where there is no connectivity.
You get them near everywhere 
Try Ebay 270598593099 or 180591788020 - this will give you all that you need and plenty more. Parts catalogue is always multi-language.
Do they have the rights to sell this like they claim? No 
Reinhard
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