do i get permanet engine light in saftey mode?thanks

No,the engine management light on permanently means either damaged ecu pcb or corrupted chip, is the electric fan running by any chance?

 

Jeff TT

what makes you think your in safety mode?

just wondering about the light mine isn't on and no fault codes on the ecu,but it feels like it won't rev past about 4k.The car ran better when the MAF was change (idle sorted itself out and the smell of petrol stopped.Had fault code on the gearbox (see prvious post) speed sensor,checked the sensor itself and the back of the speedo i resoldered what appeared to be a dry joint (speedo is working).it will rev past 4k in neutral but not under load.My cruise control stoppped working and the steering was notchy until today i disconnected the gearbox ecu and tried it round the block and my steering is back aswell as cruise control.Really im wondering if the ecu is up the creek/what is it doing?Is it in safety or is it fuel/air problem? (no vac leaks as far as i'm aware)

if it was Maf related it wouldn't rev regardless ....

 

but as your saying it dose but not under load i would just check your Boost pipes assuming its a TT that u own

its a 91' tt import.Its the gearbox issue thats bugging me was trying to pull away in 2nd (thats what it felt like) occasionally along with notchy steering etc but with no ecu plugged in the problems go away apart from it still feels like its holding back.I did read another post from someone else not gapping their plugs so will check mine as when reving over 4k its stutters almost like a back fire then sort of clears and revs higher

I agree with mark sounds like youve got a nice boost/vaccum leak.

hope so as that would be an easy fix,have made an adaptor to go in where the maf is so i can pressurize the system and listen.unless there are any other tips?

Checked your tps? And all connections?

saturday gonna spend checking everything,not done the tps before are they easy to set up if needs be?have cleaned the connectors on it though as well as many others,just feels like im chasing something simple?