Tuning box - but where?

MonkeyMark · Unread post by **MonkeyMark** » 24 Feb 2014, 23:52

I've been given a tuning box (I know, not as good as a remap ) but the c8's engine bay is so cramped I can't find the correct plug for love nor money.

Can anyone tell me where it's located please?

Lighty · Unread post by **Lighty** » 25 Feb 2014, 06:42

The plug is located on the underside of the fuel rail, it's at the front of the engine. The plug is red , and just slightly to the right of the fuel filter, but very difficult to get to.

MonkeyMark · Unread post by **MonkeyMark** » 25 Feb 2014, 11:30

Lighty wrote:The plug is located on the underside of the fuel rail, it's at the front of the engine. The plug is red , and just slightly to the right of the fuel filter, but very difficult to get to.

Thanks for that. Your not kidding its hard to get to. I can get my hand onto it but cant quite flick the catch to remove it. Ill try again later.

While im looking for plugs i found this one. It just below the fuel pump, the higher of the two there. A grey plug with two brown cables going into it. The cables are worn through the insulation to the piont where one only has two copper strands still holding. Its frayed right into the back of the plug so cant even cut and crimp.
Can anyone tell me what type of plug it is and maybe where i can buy one from?

http://www.caravantalk.co.uk/community/ ... -dsc-0177/
Cant get the picture to work so hope the link works instead.

Unread post by **Peter.N.** » 25 Feb 2014, 12:02

You can I believe connect it to the other end of the cable but I have found that even more difficult to get at than the fuel rail.

Peter

MonkeyMark · Unread post by **MonkeyMark** » 25 Feb 2014, 16:39

Managed to cut and remake the faulty plug so thats sorted.

With the tuning box, the red plug is two pin. Can anyone confirm thats they correct plug? The tuning box I was given is three pin so either ive got the wrong box or the wrong plug.

Unread post by **Northern_Mike** » 25 Feb 2014, 16:47

The two pin and three pin boxes are for different fuel systems. One is for Siemens the other Bosch, but I can't remember which is which.

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Unread post by **RichardW** » 25 Feb 2014, 17:02

Bosch uses a 3 pin plug.

Unread post by **citroenxm** » 25 Feb 2014, 18:09

Bear in mind the c8 uses the 2.2 16v engine not the more friendly 2.0 8v engine.

not sure if the rail is in the same place on the 2.2 .. I know the inlet is in the way though...

MonkeyMark · Unread post by **MonkeyMark** » 25 Feb 2014, 21:08

citroenxm wrote:Bear in mind the c8 uses the 2.2 16v engine not the more friendly 2.0 8v engine.

not sure if the rail is in the same place on the 2.2 .. I know the inlet is in the way though...

Mines a 2.0, not a 2.2.

Lighty · Unread post by **Lighty** » 25 Feb 2014, 21:23

Lots of 2.0 16valve C8,s, I have a couple of tuning boxes at work, will check on the pin nos, you ain't having them for free though

Unread post by **citroenxm** » 25 Feb 2014, 21:42

Ahhh the 2.0 16v 138 did make the C8. Well thats GOOD news, I hear the 2.2s make a habit of breaking belts because of the poor design or blocking of the drain channels that then lets water into the cam belt area.

MonkeyMark · Unread post by **MonkeyMark** » 26 Feb 2014, 13:23

I believe mine is something like 107bhp

SaabC5 · Unread post by **SaabC5** » 26 Feb 2014, 17:50

If you look at the injectors there's rubber pipes running between them on the Bosch system, no pipes means Siemens system.

MonkeyMark · Unread post by **MonkeyMark** » 24 Mar 2014, 15:59

Lighty wrote:Lots of 2.0 16valve C8,s, I have a couple of tuning boxes at work, will check on the pin nos, you ain't having them for free though

Did you happen to have one of these at work?

Unread post by **robert 217** » 02 May 2014, 12:55

Hi just bought a CRS tuning box for C5 1.6 HDI but can not find the plug to conect to looking for help thanks

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