

| Subject: | Re: Help! No ground to the fuel injectors??? |
| From: | Larry Alofs |
| Date: | Tue, 18 Dec 2001 17:37:11 -0600 |
Did you check the temperature sensor on the head. As I recall the ECU on a type 4 shuts down completely if that sensor becomes an open circuit. Try just grounding that wire temporarily to see it it makes any difference. Larry A. Zoran Mladen wrote: > > Hey Dennis, > > Thanx for the message! > > I am getting the pulse at the coil, and the wire ECU > wires are plugged into this side of the coil. I'm > getting the positive pulse to the ECU - checked the > wire to ensure there are no breaks. > > I'm getting juice via the double relay. But no ground > to the injectors - no pulse, no constant ground, > nothing. I drove the car prior to pulling the engine, > so I don't think the problem is the ECU. I think its > either a break in a wire somewhere or a misplaced or > miswired wire. > > Any other thoughts? > > Z > > --- Dennis Haynes <dhaynes@OPTONLINE.NET> wrote: > > The ground is actually switched/pulsed by the ECU. > > This is how the fuel > > delivery is controlled. You need to check the wiring > > and either > > determine if there is some reason the ECU is not > > controlling the > > injector. Check the trigger wire to the ignition > > coil. The injectors > > should pulse every other spark,(once each > > revolution). A bad temp sensor > > may also cause this. > > > > Dennis > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Vanagon Mailing List > > [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf > > Of Zoran Mladen > > Sent: Monday, December 17, 2001 4:16 PM > > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > > Subject: Help! No ground to the fuel injectors??? > > > > Hello everyone! > > > > Its been a few weeks since I have been on the list. > > I > > am currently transitioning between jobs, so I > > unsubscribed to the list. Will subscribe again > > through my new company in about a week. > > > > Ok, now on to my problem. I have an 83 Westy > > air-cooled that I just rebuilt the engine in. Ran > > fine before except for a dropped seat in number 3 > > cylinder. Everything is rebuilt and installed but I > > am having a problem. It will not start. I have > > checked the fuel injection via the harness per > > Bentley > > and everything checks out. Also, I have checked and > > rechecked the connections - everything looks good. > > It > > turns over, fuel pressure is about 39 pounds. I > > have > > spark to the spark plugs. The problem is I have no > > ground to the injectors, the juice via the double > > relay is there, but no ground - so no gas. > > > > Its a California car and has a couple extras like a > > speed limited relay. I also tried bridging the idle > > stabilizer to no avail. Simply no pulsing ground to > > the injectors, heck, no ground whatsoever. > > > > Any ideas???? > > > > Z > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Check out Yahoo! Shopping and Yahoo! Auctions for > > all of > > your unique holiday gifts! Buy at > > http://shopping.yahoo.com > > or bid at http://auctions.yahoo.com > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Check out Yahoo! Shopping and Yahoo! Auctions for all of > your unique holiday gifts! Buy at http://shopping.yahoo.com > or bid at http://auctions.yahoo.com
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