Date: Sat, 4 Sep 1999 00:59:15 -0500
Reply-To: Marshall Ruskin <mruskin@PANGEA.CA>
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From: Marshall Ruskin <mruskin@PANGEA.CA>
Subject: Re: Digijet ecu failures --- Help !
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Well, I am not a mechanic;
but I am an electrical engineer. Seems to me the first thing you should do
is find out how the ecu is defective (where it's blown up!) - this will
steer you towards a solution.
Marshall Ruskin
>I have the same problem with my 83.5 Digijet. My Westy is sitting dead in
>the driveway with full-on injectors again about 300 miles after ECU was
>rebuilt. Could not find fault with the harness when checking for shorts
>while flexing wiring.
>
>Injectors read 8 to 10 ohms resistance. One source listed about 16 ohms as
>spec. These are new Bosch injectors installed last year - possibly
>defective and causing the ECU components to overheat?
>
>Looking for answers. Any clues out there? Eager to get my Westy
>dependable for the cool Fall weather approaching but do not want to be
>stranded in the back of beyond.
>
>
>
>
>
>At 08:44 PM 9/3/99 EDT, you wrote:
>>My '84 Westy with the Digijet fuel injection has just blown another ECU.
>>The third in 6 months! I havent had the chance to thoroughly check out
the
>>wiring yet but something must be causing this. The van runs faultlessly
>>between failures. When they go the injectors are locked open so there
must
>>be a path directly to ground as the injecters are modulated to ground to
>>operate.
>>Has anybody else had these failures with the Digijet model? What did
the
>>solution turn out to be ?
>>Any help will be greatly appreciated. Steve
>>
>
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