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You can remove the engine under tray and wing liners to check everything. You can see from below the car. You don't need to remove the wings and bonnet. I would check inside the sills for corrosion. You need to remove the rubber bungs to have a look. If necessary, you can spray more wax inside when it is dry. 👍🏻

Nice car! Welcome to Club Lupo

Excellent. I'll message them. Thanks 👍🏻

Hey hey, an open air with BBS alloys! Nice 👍🏻 Why do you need to remove everything? That is a lot of work... It looks good.

Amazing work! One of mine needs doing. Where did you find the gaiter?

You'll have to look around... Translate tools might help too. You could start in the UK, as at least the language won't be a barrier. Search something like "Volkswagen breakers yard" or "breaking Lupo GTi ". That sort of thing. Spain has lots of crashed Lupos in yards, mostly rust free, but typically the paintwork is in poor condition (UV damage). Chances are you'll need to respray whatever you find anyways. 4 in the US now; Excellent! Looking forward to seeing pics of the first US based Club Lupo meet! And then one day perhaps a Lupo cruise?

Pic of car?

Bolts, screws and clips...

Hey hey, the third Lupo in the US as far as we know! Excellent! I bet that'll attract a LOT of attention in the car parks. The only option I can think of is the GTi or Sport edition spoiler- which are difficult to find. A European wreckers yard is probably your best bet- if they do mail order. Beware of the new Trump tariffs on European car part imports. You'll also need the brake light lamp unit, which is different to the standard one. Get the underside (sills, front and rear subframes, jacking points) washed and rustproofed once the weather warms up. Worth looking after being such a rare beast over there! Keep us all updated with developments... Welcome to club Lupo

Go from the fuse box/relay panel for your +ve feed. More than enough power there. And don't forget the return path. Don't use the body shell (too high resistance). Run a cable via the blower/wiper plenum.

eBay...

That is an awesome photo! 👍🏻🏅🎉

Magnets? Neodymium glued onto the door card and stuck to the door... They can be really strong.

I'd be very surprised if it's the ECU. The power outputs are all current limited (as in they have a self preservation circuit in there). Have you checked to see if the injector feed bus momentarily 'blips' to 12v when you power up? 3-4V is something you often can see in the form of a computer logic system voltage, that leaks through circuitry that is off. Are you seeing something around 4.8V on the sensors, which is typically their supply power volts? That tells you that the internal ECU voltage regulator is working fine. But thinking about it, there is an external feedback power circuit. So when you first switch on the ECU (ignition), the ECU does it's self test, then activates the low power feed control signal- turning on a relay, which then provides 12Vpower back into the ECU, which then is regulated down to 5V, to power the various sensors and aux circuits. Then another line is powered up to power the fuel pump and injectors- only after the crash (airbag) sensor has passed its checks (designed to cut off power to stop fuel being sprayed everywhere in case of a collision). You could connect up small 12v lamps to the injector feeds to see if they flash. 5 watt size. Anything bigger you wouldn't notice flashing (they take too long to get glowing). Although a 12v LED circuit might also work. Is the fuel pump running when you crank? Could be a stuck fuel pressure regulator, filter purge valve? Sorry for the essay...

No idea TBH, but usually they're on a 12v bus controlled by the ECU via a relay and separate fuse. Might be the relay if they're all out? So when the engine is not running, the fuel pump and injector power is isolated for safety. If sparks are ok, then it's not the crank sensor. Unlikely to be the cam sensor. Although ignition switch has been known to cause weird issues like this across all Lupos and Rossas. Lights and radio all good? @Pete's back! 👍🏻👋🏻