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    Freelander 1 [SOLVED] 1.8 K 2001 - Cold start problem

    -6C this morning; the engine started at first key.
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    reconditioned IRD and VCU?

    I have a V6 recon VCU mounted on my 1.8 FL working fine for some years; the guy which sold it told me that they fit.
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    Freelander 1 Door window issues - general

    I did what I described on 3 door. two times; only one works now; last time, with all the new mechanism, it did not seem to me that the speed of lifting the window was an ideal one; towards the end it was becoming increasingly difficult to lift. there may be rust/swellings underneath the window...
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    Freelander 1 Door window issues - general

    the problem of door windows is a known one;those mechanisms break, the plastic at the ends break , the cable jumps from the channels on which it should walk, locking the window in various positions; all because of the excessive forces that appear in the system. let me tell you my case; first I...
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    Freelander 1 [SOLVED] 1.8 K 2001 - Cold start problem

    yes, editing the title .. well hidden, I have posted on forums but I have never found editing the title so well hidden what's great is that i have this problem since i have a car .. about 10 years. now that I have solved it .. I will get a new car :)
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    Freelander 1 [SOLVED] 1.8 K 2001 - Cold start problem

    Problem solved. :) I waited a little for the cold to come, lately it was warm in the mornings; today I had some ice on the car and with an infrared thermometer around -0.5 in the thermostat area; started at the first key; ever since I changed the sensor, with the cold engine, always started at...
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    Freelander 1 [SOLVED] 1.8 K 2001 - Cold start problem

    I received the correct sensor. I tested it (while mixing) on water + ice mixture and gives 6.9K ohm (5.5K the brown one) , so uses a thermistor with other characteristics. The supreme test will be next morning, with the sensor attached on ECM's plug
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    Freelander 1 [SOLVED] 1.8 K 2001 - Cold start problem

    Freelander 1.8 K Series Engine I tested yesterday the oil and water sensor at the ECM plug end, on cold engine... so the resistances are different...supposing that the oil sensor it's the defult black MEK100170; in actual config..with brown sensor..ECM thinks that water temperature it's hotter...
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    Freelander 1 [SOLVED] 1.8 K 2001 - Cold start problem

    K Series Coolant Temperature ECU Sensor Types - What Have You Got?
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    Freelander 1 [SOLVED] 1.8 K 2001 - Cold start problem

    assuming that the plug it's the fabrication one :) RAVE RAVE...my vin it's 1A...so I need MEK100170L...which is labeled water/oil temperature I ordered now FACET 7.3272 since it's equiv to MEK100170L, and I'll return the new brown version, purchased after the one which what was fitted years...
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    Freelander 1 [SOLVED] 1.8 K 2001 - Cold start problem

    I did the tension/voltage measurement and it's fine. 5V when the circuit is open and when I attach the 9k ohm resistor I have 4.3V; it is not short to gnd or 12V on the wires or on the installed sensor . but take a look at how the plug and sensor look. they do not match; someone carved the...
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    Freelander 1 [SOLVED] 1.8 K 2001 - Cold start problem

    found on a russian forum.. some guy needed to replace his coolant temp blue sensor MEK100130L with a equiv one..but instead finds an equiv to MEK100060L...YCB100420 . another it tells him that..ok..try that...but take care...if you notice "cold start" problems..it may not be good. In any case...
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    Freelander 1 [SOLVED] 1.8 K 2001 - Cold start problem

    yeah, but how to do that since I cannot touch the metal aroud the connected plug :) well, I'll do the test with an external resistor replacing the ECS with ignition on II. rave shows 2 sensors for my FL 1A, one brown MEK100060L..which I found already on my car (don't know if the stock was...
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    Freelander 1 [SOLVED] 1.8 K 2001 - Cold start problem

    found a nice article for checking Engine Coolant Temperature Sensor (ECT) I neglected the tensions Usually the chip gets resistance by measuring the voltages. If there is an electrical problem, the voltage used by the EMC (5V) to test the resistance could be changed and would measure other...
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    Freelander 1 [SOLVED] 1.8 K 2001 - Cold start problem

    yes. Facet 7.3248 maybe it is someting else working wrong...and putting that fake resistor forced the motor to start as if it was colder...with more fuel+air if I think at the past...from last winters...there were an interval..under 10C to -2-5C degree when it doesn't start at first key..but...
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    Freelander 1 [SOLVED] 1.8 K 2001 - Cold start problem

    nop. with the new sensor hanging by the wire this morning it didn't started at the first key. :mad:
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    Freelander 1 [SOLVED] 1.8 K 2001 - Cold start problem

    I tested the wires between ECM - Coolant Temp Plug with a ohm meter on pin 7+33 (ECM connector) and a 9k resistor on plug and found no problem. Some time ago one of the locking mechanisms of the doors stopped working...I suspected the old known problem (motors inside). but not, after few hours...
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    Freelander 1 [SOLVED] 1.8 K 2001 - Cold start problem

    This morning test, temp around +2..+4C, 9K resistor instead CTS, engine started instantly. I turned it off after few secs..I pushed back the plug into sensor..and the old problem..crank..crank..crank and almost nothing. Ordered a new sensor MEK100060L and some locking paste. So at last, I have...
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    Freelander 1 [SOLVED] 1.8 K 2001 - Cold start problem

    remember here :) but what we do if it is also defective? :) recently I changed my home refrigerator's thermistor...drilling the plastic wall inside..where nobody can reach. maybe it's the year when all thermistors fail. and since my FL 01 doesn't have the temp sensor for the gauge (the...
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    Freelander 1 [SOLVED] 1.8 K 2001 - Cold start problem

    Ok, just came back..I did the resistor trick; I inserted 9k resistor instead ECT and the engine started at first key (1 sec); the resistor value should give to the ECM minus few degrees; for the moment, the experiment it's irelevant because outside are 12C and at this temperature mostly it...
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