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Hi guys,

GT-R's been 100% fine. I have a completely DEAD battery due to the car being in the workshop for afew months, but a very strong battery jump starter which I have been using to start the car up for times when I need to move it.

I was doing a few things the other day:

1) Replacing the 180km/hr cluster with a 320km/hr cluster.

2) Putting back the plastic panel over my Power FC ECU.

3) I removed a unit/box that looked like an ecu thing which was found behind the driver side rear 1.4 trim.

And when I went to start the car up, it cranks but the engine does not fire up!!!

- Immobiliser wires have been checked, and immobiliser seems to switch off (red light turns off when de-activiating it). Car cranks so this means it's not the immobiliser?

- I put the ecu/unit/box behind the driver side rear 1/4 back in. I still do not know what this unit is. I thought it was a stereo AMP or something?

- I took off thw plastic panel over the Power FC ecu and checked all wires in case I damaged something back there, everything seems fine.

- Replaced spark plugs just in case, everything seems fine.

- Checked fuses, do I check every single one of them?! The ones I did check under the steering wheel, seem fine.

Car still will not start, cranks and cranks but does not fire up!

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Really confused!

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Guys it was this little unit which godzl1975 pointed out as the fule pump modulator. Plugging it back in wasn't enough, we had to re-mount it on the chassis before the car would start! IE: It had to be properly grounded in order to work. Amazing how such a silly small thing stopped the whole car from starting and caused us to do so much head scratching, not to mention taking the dash apart, ECU and replacing spark plugs!!! :)

Yeah i unbolted it but left it plugged in (can't erember why but sure enought he car wouldnt start till i screwed it back down. I 2nd the statement about removing things after you learn what they do. Many people under estimate the complexity and technology built into these awesome machines.

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