BEAT just died today

**beecee** · 20-07-2013, 05:30 PM

Drove the Beat on a short trip today , when I stopped to park and turned the key to the off position is made an unusual noise , I immediately tried to restart it and it wouldn't , engine light comes on , fuel pump primes and it tries to start but just won't , it does back fire a little .
The only thing I did any different was to try run the Aircon to see if it was working , I had turned it back off just before stopping , don't think it's connected but I thought worth mentioning , any ideas folks ???
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**Steve_M** · 20-07-2013, 08:06 PM

How does it turn over? Sound quicker than normal?

Cambelt snapped?

Camshaft gear sheared?

Both could be caused by seized distributor.

**beecee** · 20-07-2013, 08:51 PM

I can't say I noticed any change in tick over , cam belt sounds nasty

**steveinjapan** · 21-07-2013, 09:03 AM

Not to raise your hopes, but the last time mine stopped suddenly it was nothing more than the center HT lead popped out of the distributor. Good luck!

**beecee** · 21-07-2013, 11:59 AM

It's been towed to the garage and they will have a look on Monday , hopefully it won't be too serious .

**beecee** · 22-07-2013, 03:10 PM

Without having a look and just going by what ive told them , their best guess is a fuse from the air con , seems as it had not been used in at least 6 years , here's hoping , he did agre e that if it was the cam belt i would have noticed the change in sound when trying to turn it over , again here's hoping you are right .

**beecee** · 24-07-2013, 04:24 PM

So it looks like its the ECU again , same symptoms as before , http://www.u-ukhbc.co.uk/vbb/showthr...highlight=code , i will be geting a lend of an ecu and trying i to confirm on monday , not good news ..........