Date: Sat, 1 Jan 2005 20:21:25 -0500
Reply-To: Detroit Bus <detroit.bus@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Detroit Bus <detroit.bus@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: No start '87 Digifant WAS fuel lines R & R
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Yeah, no fuel no fire (unless the coil explodes...)
But anyway, I still can't figure this out. I think it MUST be a broken
ground or something, caused by all my rooting around with the fuel
lines. What are the odds that a relay or ECU would fail at the same
moment I decide to replace the fuel lines? What could cause that? Only
a disconnected wire, right?
I did do the relay check on Bentley page 24.32, and found no voltage
at term 87 on relay B (current supply relay), which is wrong. But I am
not sure if this is a problem because my vehicle is a Digifant, and
this is a Digijet page. I can't find a page to test Digifant relays.
Are they the same?
I also carefully looked at the Hall effect attachment on the
Distributor, which is LOOSE. The connector however is tight. The
ground is good. I still suspect my problem lies here because I removed
the dist cap and may have knocked the Hall attachment around while
working. Haven't found a test for it yet.
I tested inputs to the ECU on page 24.61-62 test steps 1 and 5 were
okay. At this point I absolutely refuse to believe that replacing the
fuel lines could somehow destroy my ECU, but who knows. Everything was
tight and connected when i turned on the ignition first time. There
was no *hint* of engine starting at all, just
chugga-chugga-chugga-chugga on the starter. This problem was somehow
caused by my work on the fuel lines.
The fuel lines sure look pretty though. sigh.
On Sat, 1 Jan 2005 15:31:28 -0800, RP <personalbsd@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Guess if your van doesn't start that's one way not
> have it burnt.
>
> Last week, my westy wouldn't start either, and it
> turned out to be one of the two identical relays in
> the engine compartment.
> It would turn over and get spark but no gas.
> Rick
> --- Detroit Bus <detroit.bus@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>
> > By the way, there *is* fuel in the lines, i opened
> > the bleeder screw
> > and it came right out. Just not at the injectors, so
> > I assume there is
> > an electrical problem.
> >
>
>
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Garrick, Queens, NY
'87 GL Weekender
*****
With fond remembrances of:
'77 Beetle
'67 Bus
'59 Pickup sn# 460440
'67 Beetle
'76 Camper Bus
