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Subject:Re: Electrical Saga Continues
From:David Beierl
Date:Sat, 16 Mar 2002 12:11:43 -0500

At 11:23 AM 3/16/2002, Karl Wolz wrote:
>I'll take a shot in the dark, here.
>
>I believe that the fuel pump should be constantly powered,and will cycle on
>and off if no fuel is required (as at startup).

No, it's controlled by the ECU.  It runs briefly at power-on to pressurise
the system, and continuously when the ECU sees ignition pulses.  Excess
fuel is constantly flowing past the fuel pressure regulator and back to the
tank.

>The problem seems to be that the injectors are locked open.  Check for a bad
>signal to the injectors.  I've had this happen myself once, but it seemed to
>fix itself - no repeat over another 50K.

About time for Darrell to weigh in, I wot.  Or maybe time to send him the
ECU to fix.

david

>Karl Wolz

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