Originally Posted by Ivo
Thanks, Dave and Richard thumbs

I just made an other test: Connecting a test light to the positive and negative pole of the ignition coil. When doing that and turning the engine, the light must constantly fluctuate. But it does not. Is flashes once and stays dark afterwards. (Analog to the „spark test“, mentioned in my previous post.)

So, i suppose, it‘s the ignition and I hope, that it‘s only the parts inside the distributor and not the ECU.

A question, aside of my starting problem… on my (hotwire) car, are the ignition and injection systems independent, or does the ECU control both?


Ivo that is a new piece of information that might give us a useful clue.

The immobiliser in the system can malfunction, so in order to check this remove the fuse to this item and try again. You can run without this fuse with no worries, but of course it means the car is not protected as securely from attempted theft. I would also replace the battery in the key fob, that will also help turn the immobiliser off more "positively"

Secondly the 14CUX "Hotwire" system ecu is only controlling the fuelling of the engine. The ignition is handled by the distributor. It was not until the introduction of the Lucas SAGEM ("GEMS") system (about 2002/3 on the +8) that both systems were controlled by the ecu

Last edited by MOG 615; 29/04/20 08:32 AM. Reason: poor proofreading
Andy G
1999 +8 , Indigo Blue.
Ex-John McKecknie/Mike Duncan 1955 +4 racer.