cant wipe the grin off my face, just been for a run to Abdn. After running around unaware i was in safety boost since i got it in Jan.Reset it last night and bypassed the det.sensor. it runs smooth as anything, gear changes are snappier and more predictable and uses less fuel, certainly turns out to be the supercar i thought i was getting! was quite dispondant for a while, especially when i enjoyed going for a thrash in the charade GTti more than booting the Z. and that things got half the amount of cylinders, a third engine capacity and half the number of turbos :D

 

Fraser

Glad you got it sorted bud!.

 

But what do you mean about bypassing teh Det sensor?, if it's in safty boost I should think there is a reason for it!.

ye i know where your coming from. the way i looked at it was, if theres detonation then the ecu would switch to safety boost, but would not register it as a fault, because the ecu is looking for a voltage all the time, ie open circuit +4.8V or short circuit 0v. also, when i was fault finding, if i reset the ecu and started the engine let it just tick over for 30 secs then turned it off without even touching the accelerator and checked the codes it had a code 34 back again. the car is standard except filter and exhaust running Ultimate or Optimax all the time so i thought it would be highly unlikely it was genuine detination.

i would be interested to know if det. does make a fault code or if it has to be totally nacked. although, i would doubt it because when it goes in to safety boost you turn it off and back on again until the next time it dets, and that doesnt clear a fault code, just switches modes.

im rambling on now hand are sore

Yep - code 34 is a fault with the detonation sensor/wiring. Does not imply actual detonation...

 

Steve :)

thought so, cheers for that!