What's This Plug For?

[dobboy 231 2 Cars]

On the wiring loom there is a little bit of loom that pops up near to where the throttle cable attaches.

 

There is two plugs on it, a grey plug and a black two-pin plug.

 

The grey plug is for the MAP sensor, anyone any idea what the black plug is?

 

Thanks

 

 

[chipstick 382 1 Cars]

Redundant spare.

[dobboy 231 2 Cars]

Thanks chipstick

[Jme 7 1 Cars]

i had the same on my old loom i got given and it had a black plastic thing on with a red button at the top thing it was a fuel cut switch or crash senor or sumthing

[Slo 283 1 Cars]

can you see the wire numbers on it by any chance?

[dobboy 231 2 Cars]

Nope Slo, it's only long enough to sit around, or likely below the throttle.

[Slo 283 1 Cars]

Only reason i ask is it looks remarkably like this mystery plug I had trouble with and that turned out to be the live feeds for the engine management (grey wire) as well as the starter motor relay feed (yellow wire)

[Anthony 1,003]

Like Chipstick says, it's an unused spare on a GTi-6/VTS loom

 

The plug for the fuel inertia switch looks quite different and is located over near the ECU and injection relay.

[dobboy 231 2 Cars]

Slo, i thought my garage was a mess until i seen yours!

[Slo 283 1 Cars]

yes it was very messy towards the end there having little time and no help and no room for anything I resorted to laying in it a lot.

 

Much tidier nowadays though.

[ApLeEuXgeot 0]

Only reason i ask is it looks remarkably like this mystery plug I had trouble with and that turned out to be the live feeds for the engine management (grey wire) as well as the starter motor relay feed (yellow wire)

I'm having problems with my starter motor running while the engine is running. Where did you find the starter motor relay feed (yellow wire)? The starter motor seems to be getting constant 12v feed and sticks on even when you've stopped turning the key. Sorry to jump onto this feed but I need help with finding an answer to this starter motor sticking.

 

Thanks Alex

[Slo 283 1 Cars]

I'm having problems with my starter motor running while the engine is running. Where did you find the starter motor relay feed (yellow wire)? The starter motor seems to be getting constant 12v feed and sticks on even when you've stopped turning the key. Sorry to jump onto this feed but I need help with finding an answer to this starter motor sticking.

 

Thanks Alex

Which engine do you have?

[ApLeEuXgeot 0]

Hi sorry, it's a 1.9 8v XU engine. Just noticed this post is for XU 16v. My bad, I did a search for starter motor sticking and it brought this post up.

[Slo 283 1 Cars]

No worries