Date:         Thu, 23 Mar 2017 05:19:45 -0500
Reply-To:     John Rodgers <jrodgers113@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         John Rodgers <jrodgers113@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: 2.1L engine won't fire
Comments: To: OlRivrRat <OlRivrRat@comcast.net>
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It's weird. It's worked just fine for over two years since being modified.
Then suddenly this malfunction. And with no warning symtoms of any kind
that I could detect. My ECU MONITOR shows fuel injector pulse, hall sender
pulse, and normally, the coil pulse. Now the coil light is on, but it does
not pulse as it should when working properly. Will check it out sometime
today. On a WBX 2.1, there are ECU's from different companies, but I
surmise they all perform the same. No performance differences across the
board and should be interchangeable from one Van/2.1L to another.

John

On Mar 23, 2017 01:46, "OlRivrRat" <OlRivrRat@comcast.net> wrote:

> Sounds as if Your Modified ECU May Have A Bug In It ~
>
>
> On 22 Mar , 2017, at 11:56 PM, John Rodgers wrote:
>
> No. Swapping in the first place was a pretty good task for an old crippled
> guy. The reason for the swap in the first place was that the ECU  in the
> '88 GL was modified to use the Shoebox Monitor, which is a great little
> trouble shooting tool. I needed it for tuning, It allows you to even drive
> the van while simultaneously getting engine performance readouts. At this
> point, I have plugged in the monitor, and I'm getting an indication there
> is no coil pulse. This happened on the '88 GL one time before. One minute
> it ran fine, on the next startup a few minutes later thevcoil was dead.
> There was no warning, it just quit. I'll check it out when it gets daylight!
>
> John
>
> On Mar 22, 2017 22:33, "OlRivrRat" <OlRivrRat@comcast.net> wrote:
>
>>         Kinda Curious here about Why You Switched these ECUs in the 1st
>> place & Why
>>
>> You Did Not Immediately Switch Them Back to see if the Issue would go
>> away ~
>>
>>                                                         ORR ~ DeanB
>>
>> On 22 Mar , 2017, at 5:14 PM, John Rodgers wrote:
>>
>> > Two vans, both running, parked side by side. A  carat, and an '88 GL.
>> > SWAPPED ECU's - '88 GL starts, runs! Carat won't even fire! ECU swap was
>> > all that was done. Verifide ground and connection were good.
>> >
>> > What say "the list"?
>> >
>> > John
>>
>>
>