17-12-2014, 04:20 PM
Hi, Im hoping someone one here maybe able to help me Im having a nightmare with my 2004 1.9 diesel Berlingo van. The long and short of it is that it was smoking heavily and the engine management light came on along with many other lights, this has been on and off for a year, usually it resets itself and runs fine again but not this time.
Took it to the garage they told me that there was a problem with the ECU. they gave me two options, send off my ECU for repair (its Lucas which alot of companies wont touch) or buy a secondhand unit from an identical vehicle with the same codes etc which I have for £80, have new key fobs and all the components.
I now pay the garage to fit the new ecu and all the other parts, it wont start, they now tell me that the new ECU wont recognize the fuel pump. They tell me they can sent it to my local Citroen dealer Yeomans to have the fuel pump coded, after another £85 they tell me its not possible?, So I pay the garage yet more money to remove the new ECU and all the bits and replace it with the old one so at least I can move the van leaving a massive smoke cloud behind me!.
The man I brought the new ECU claims there nothing wrong and tells me he has the matching fuel pump which should work, I tell this to the garage who tell me there is no guarantee it will as they are not sure if Citroen wiped the old one? and apparently its a big job to the fuel pump?
I have since spoken to several ECU companies, some tell me that Lucas ECU are not possible to fix and some tell me that they can swap some parts from my new ECU to the old to make it work at more cost. Im about £400 in so far I like my little van and would like to keep him running but am not made of cash, if I can get it going for a few hundred more im in if not its going to the crusher, seems crazy that a perfectly good van can be made redundant by an ECU problem.
Im hoping someone may be able to give me some honest advice or maybe has first hand experience of this problem or some wise suggestions.
Thank you in advance
dave
Took it to the garage they told me that there was a problem with the ECU. they gave me two options, send off my ECU for repair (its Lucas which alot of companies wont touch) or buy a secondhand unit from an identical vehicle with the same codes etc which I have for £80, have new key fobs and all the components.
I now pay the garage to fit the new ecu and all the other parts, it wont start, they now tell me that the new ECU wont recognize the fuel pump. They tell me they can sent it to my local Citroen dealer Yeomans to have the fuel pump coded, after another £85 they tell me its not possible?, So I pay the garage yet more money to remove the new ECU and all the bits and replace it with the old one so at least I can move the van leaving a massive smoke cloud behind me!.
The man I brought the new ECU claims there nothing wrong and tells me he has the matching fuel pump which should work, I tell this to the garage who tell me there is no guarantee it will as they are not sure if Citroen wiped the old one? and apparently its a big job to the fuel pump?
I have since spoken to several ECU companies, some tell me that Lucas ECU are not possible to fix and some tell me that they can swap some parts from my new ECU to the old to make it work at more cost. Im about £400 in so far I like my little van and would like to keep him running but am not made of cash, if I can get it going for a few hundred more im in if not its going to the crusher, seems crazy that a perfectly good van can be made redundant by an ECU problem.
Im hoping someone may be able to give me some honest advice or maybe has first hand experience of this problem or some wise suggestions.
Thank you in advance
dave