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Found the problem. The car stopped running again and I found that the fuel pump relay was getting quite hot. Measuring the resistance between the contacts with the relay operating it varied from almost 0 to 20 or 30 ohms - enough to kill the pump and cook the relay. New relay has fixed the...

That's exactly what I diagnosed and why I removed the pump from ECU control. Question was "Anybody have any comments as to advisability or otherwise of doing this?" Car runs quite happily with pump controlled by ignition switch (via its relay) Can't see any problem with leaving it like that. If...

Thanks for the response. Not the immobiliser. LED comes on then goes out as normal when key is turned. When I bypass the ECU so the fuel pump runs the engine starts. Cheers.

The other day my 2000 1.6 Clio came to an unexpected halt. First thought was TDC sensor so out it came and a quick clean up (it didn't seem to be dirty) and off we went again - for about 100 yards. Same again, engine died. I got my brother-in-law to give me a tow home (well I've got him out of...

Just thought I would add some pics which illustrate the point: End of valve cover with no timing mark: Camshaft sprocket timing mark: Timing belt with stripped teeth:

The engine expired just as it was stopping. No compression so seemed like timing belt problem. Got it home and sure enough there are a lot of teeth missing from the belt which I understand was replaced a couple of years ago... Before I take off the head I would like to put on a new belt and...