>From: <GMBulley@aol.com> >Date: Thu, 2 Jul 1998 08:03:59 EDT >To: bartnik@HOTMAIL.COM, Vanagon@VANAGON.COM >Subject: Re: FI Weirdness -- please help > >In a message dated 98-07-02 02:37:36 EDT, bartnik@HOTMAIL.COM writes: > ><< We expect there is some sort of power feedback loop running > thru the double relay, though we are having a bit of trouble finding out > where it's coming from. >> > >There is a constant "hot" wire from the positive terminal (sees the glass as >half full) to terminal 88y on the double relay. From what you describe, it is >shorting out to terminal 88d or possibly 88c. > Quite possible. There is also power to terminal 88z on the relay at all times. I would not be surprised to find a short in that bundle somewhere.
>You will find it to be a short, or the contacts in the relay are sticking, and >need cleaning. Just remember, on Bosch AFC Injection it is RARELY the ECU. > Yes, I know it's rarely the ECU. BTW, it's not the contacts in the relay sticking -- we put in a known good double relay from a different (running) Bus and got the same problem.
Thanks a lot!
Sean Bartnik Fairfax, Virginia ============================ '81 Vanagon L Westfalia '74 Karmann Ghia convertible
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