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Post by **Andy P** » 21 Apr 2009 10:22 am

340GLT wrote:Whatever you do dont wire the injectors to a positive feed otherwise they will just be open permenently. You ideally want to run the fuel pump from the relay too with the starting signsl otherwise the pump will be running constantly and be worse for you economy.
Adam

Cheers Ad,

That was the plan to use the fuel pump relay to keep everything as "oem" as possible. I had just found that I had wired up the pumps the wrong way round so to speak (thinking there was a positive signal coming from the relay) so for the time being I just wired it to a switch.

Cheers for the info mind!

Andy

Post by **Andy P** » 22 Apr 2009 09:03 am

Well guess what??? It didn't start! But no fear, I found myself a new wire diagram and stripped the loom back out and made a couple of changes. Also removed two more relays which I wasn't 100% sure about and found with the new simpler wire diagram it wasn't needed.

All I've got to do is fit the "new" loom and hopefully it'll fire right up!

One question though Adam - Oil pressure sensor light is a simple one, just fitted the Renault plug to the end of the Volvo sensor wire - But what about the coolant temperature? The ECU requires this info for warm up enrichment etc.

My question is- can this sensor be tapped into, to share the signal? On my S40 when fitting stand alone management I was unable to share the single sensor between both the stand alone and volvo ecu (the volvo ecu seemed to "scramble" the signal). Is this not the case? or is there another sensor that I'm able to utilise?

Cheers!

Post by **WooDooUK** » 22 Apr 2009 01:44 pm

Andy P wrote: But what about the coolant temperature? The ECU requires this info for warm up enrichment etc.

My question is- can this sensor be tapped into, to share the signal? On my S40 when fitting stand alone management I was unable to share the single sensor between both the stand alone and volvo ecu (the volvo ecu seemed to "scramble" the signal). Is this not the case? or is there another sensor that I'm able to utilise?

Cheers!

This May help.
On the R19 Thermostat houseing there is two senders. I fitted the volvo temp sender in the top and just plugged in the volvo loom without any mods. The one on the bottom left (white plug) goes to the ecu, But i cant remeber if the clio one is the same.

Post by **Andy P** » 22 Apr 2009 03:02 pm

On the clio there's a second sender which is actually the rad fan switch (this is redundant as the volvo switch is in the rad). Fingers crossed the spare temp sensor I've got is the same thread. Cheers for the tip!

Andy

Post by **filthyjohn** » 22 Apr 2009 05:56 pm

A 1.4 temp sender fits into the clio stat housing no probs, and works the gauge correctly. I'd like to see an R19 stat as my new engine is from one of those.

Post by **Andy P** » 23 Apr 2009 08:36 am

Excellent news. I'll do that once I can actually get the damn thing running

Very annoyed - humph.

Post by **WooDooUK** » 23 Apr 2009 07:25 pm

filthyjohn wrote:A 1.4 temp sender fits into the clio stat housing no probs, and works the gauge correctly. I'd like to see an R19 stat as my new engine is from one of those.

I just assumed everyone used these, how does the 1.7 one look?

Post by **filthyjohn** » 24 Apr 2009 03:46 pm

Clio one:

Sends the hose in an awkward direction TBH.

Post by **pistonpen paultje** » 24 Apr 2009 04:55 pm

I planned to fit the thermostat cover of a 1.7. Does that fit on the clio lump?

Post by **filthyjohn** » 24 Apr 2009 05:00 pm

It's on the cylinder head, so probably not. Are you restricted for space with LHD? It fits fine in a RHD.

Post by **Andy P** » 27 Apr 2009 09:25 am

Well I've been having some running issues with the engine - however I think I've diagnosed the problem now - hopefully be sorted soon!

Did a few things on saturday - only minor bits and bobs like fit the new gauge cluster with a set with a rev counter; fixed the indicator stalk bracket.... Oh and did this -

One

Two

DONE!

Incase you've not noticed

I've fitted some new(ish) seats! They're from a Scoob WRX which I got off ebay for a reasonable £50 - picked up on saturday and they were in a few hours later!

I'm chuffed with them

Andy P

Post by **SteveP** » 27 Apr 2009 09:54 am

Nice attention to detail, I'm really liking the red detailing throughout

Post by **Andy P** » 27 Apr 2009 10:10 am

Cheers Steve,

That was the plan (to get the red and black scoob seats) to keep the colour theme going throughout the car. I was half tempted to put a red pinstripe on the grille a'la golf GTI but not sure if it'd look too OTT

Andy P

Post by **SteveP** » 27 Apr 2009 12:28 pm

How about changing the chrome bumper trim sections for redline versions, or painting them red?

Post by **Andy P** » 27 Apr 2009 12:50 pm

Ah good shout... I'll see if i can grab a spare from the scraps and test it

Andy

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