Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2011 21:43:09 -0500
Reply-To: George Laubach <skiplaubach@COMCAST.NET>
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From: George Laubach <skiplaubach@COMCAST.NET>
Subject: Re: No start/ Yes spark II
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You're only as good as your last zero-ing of your multimeter. Mine (and me) was/were out of whack by 22 ohms. Now it's zero-ed/zed-ed? Thanks Mark for identifying my ignorance, and with such grace...
I just now took Alistar's keen advice and jiggled my fuse box, but no such luck, no sound from down under.
I'm going to get a new ignition switch per the long-shot advice by Zoltan (cheap/good to have as spare).
I keep going back and forth thinking it's an ECU gone bad. How/from where does the ECU get power? Remember, normal highway driving at 60 mph and suddenly, without warning the engine stops and I coast to a stop. Spark at plug wire but no fuel pump,etc. And the NOID did not light up on ignition test. And all the rest.
Thanks,
Skip
84 Westy 1.9L
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On Nov 1, 2011, at 8:28 PM, mark drillock <mdrillock@cox.net> wrote:
> Any time you are using a meter to check for continuity, namely zero ohms, it is standard practice to often touch the 2 probe tips together first to see what that reads and thus make sure the meter is set correctly and reading correctly. It should be very close to zero and if it is you use that as "zero". 22 ohms is not close enough to zero.
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> The ECU runs the FP relay by providing a ground when needed on pin 86 of the relay socket. The ECU runs the injectors, by providing a ground to the 4 wires that go to one side of each injector. The ECU can't provide a good ground to those other things if it doesn't have a good ground itself. It also needs good power. And it has to be good itself.
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> Mark
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> George Laubach wrote:
>> Thank you for your continued counsel.
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>> '84 Westy 1.9L
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>> So I bought the NOID at my local FLAPS. No light at the first FI I tested. Hmm...
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>> I retested pins 7& 25 for ground and I would like to suggest that I've had ground all along. Here me this: when I connect 7& 25 my ohmmeter reads 22 ohms. When connect 7 alone and then to ground, or 25 to ground, or ground to ground I get 22 ohms. So maybe my ohmmeter (or more likely me) is not reading/doing things correctly. Anyway, I checked my grounds thoroughly and I think my grounds are well grounded.
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>> So I'm somewhat back to square one. No FP at start. No NOID light at start. The FP relay 30/87 is not being powered. Pin 85 on the FP relay has voltage.
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>> Any other ideas before I call for a tow?
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