Suicidal 4.2

[mycerbera]

Ok I really need your help guys! (and Girls!)As you may know from "Virgin 4.2" I've just got it back from having work done on it at "Webbs" in Bristol. It went in because intermittently, when I pressed the starter button it would just make the warning lamps on the dash flash, and you would hear a relay type clicking noise from the boot. So they changed the ignition box and seemed to have worked, but I guess not.. as 24hrs later the problem is back again and also it will just cut the engine when driving! then press the button and the warning lamps on the dash flash and you hear a relay type clicking noise from the boot. But it's seems very intermittent! I really need some help! Anyone else had a similar problem? Any suggestions?

[Fraser B]

I had the same problem on my 4.5. It is the earth at the back of the petrol tank.Probably was loose when they put it up on a ramp and then when the car flexes a little the earth can come off. It is a pain in the arse to sort out as you need to pull the petrol tank forward into the boot to access the earth strap with a spanner to reattach or tighten up....probably best left to a dealer or someone technically minded. You can test if it is the earth strap mby running a cable from the battery to the rear fuses and using a multimeter to check power fluctautions....if it is the same problem I had the car on pressing the power button will beep incessantly and light up like a Xmas tree.....good luck !!!

[mycerbera]

Thanks, will get Webbs to look into it when i drop it back there at the weekend.