I've got vw passat 02 b5 2ltr petrol my engine management...


I've got vw passat 02 b5 2ltr petrol my engine management light wont come on after changing the battery turns over but won't start and runs down battery Mechanic's Assistant: Have you changed a battery before? Yes Mec...

I've got vw passat 02 b5 2ltr petrol my engine management light wont come on after changing the battery turns over but won't start and runs down battery Mechanic's Assistant: Have you changed a battery before? Yes Mechanic's Assistant: Are you fixing your Passat yourself? What have you tried so far? Had rac breakdown come to have a look at it but ecu would not connect to laptop Mechanic's Assistant: Anything else you want the Mechanic to know before I connect you? That's about it

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Hi keven my name is francis
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Hi Francis I hope you are well . Did the rac get comms with any computers ?

No had no luck with esu .. engine management light not coming on at any point and it turns over but won't fire up just runs down battery
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Ok so what we want to know is are there no comms at all or just with the engine computer ?

Not sure what but when you turn ignition normal lights come on including an amber car with key symbol .which goes off .no symbol for engine management light comes on . when it did before battery was disconnected ..rac guy could not get any Comms to link up with his laptop and thinks it could be esu
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Ok so the next step will be to get to the engine ecu located in the scuttle area and with a multimeter check for live and ground and with an ossiliscope test for network function . Water ingress isn’t uncommon

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