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Subject:Re: start - won't sart - solution ( update ) HELP
From:Alistair Bell
Date:Sat, 23 Aug 2003 12:12:10 -0700

Another possibility for this behaviour (constant spray when key on), is, I
think, a bad ground from transmission or engine to chassis and back to
battery. Injectors and ECU then become a ground path.

Alistair

on 23/8/03 11:41 am, Joseph Fortino wrote:

> wait it sprays the shuts off, i only checked the one side not the airbox side
> but i'm getting major fuel on the plugs so it is fouling out it seems
>
> Joe
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: mark drillock [mailto:drillock@earthlink.net]
>> Sent: Saturday, August 23, 2003 05:43 PM
>> To: fortinoj@SPEAKEASY.NET
>> Cc: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>> Subject: Re: start - won't sart  - solution ( update ) HELP
>>
>> Joe, if the injectors spray constantly with the key on even though the
>> engine is not turning then that is a big problem. This will drown out
>> the spark in a flood of gasoline real quick.
>>
>> The ECU is the most likely culprit but a short in the injector wiring
>> could do the same thing.
>>
>> Do you have a volt meter?
>> Where are you located?
>>
>> Mark
>>
>> Joseph Fortino wrote:

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