On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 11:29 AM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans <
scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote:

> other pistons are in other phases of the 4 stroke cycle ..so they all
> overlap, smoothing things out.
> It's both genious and crude.  < I like to say that an airliner up in the
> sky, at 30,000 feet going 560 mph is just a 'very evolved campfire'
>
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
    Very funny, but true.   My favorite mechanical reference was from one of
    the helicopter newgroups which went something like this:

                A helicopter is 20,000 parts all working together to try to
kill
                the pilot.....

> It also knows when the engine is a WOT from the throttle switch .
>                                                            ^^^^^^

            What does WOT mean?

> ..
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> oh yeah...NOID light.
> a noid light tells you in 2 seconds if the ecu is firing the injectors.
>
       NOID light.   Is that like a regular 12V test light or something
else?

Thanks for this nicely written article/reminder of how to really debug and
fix something rather than mindlessly throwing money at the problem....

Steven
91 Westy