It also sounds like a bad temp II sensor or a poor connection to the ECU. 

Jim

On Sep 3, 2011, at 5:51 PM, neil n <musomuso@GMAIL.COM> wrote:

>> I did find one wire that seems to have no place to go. It comes out of
> the bundle just before the connector for the
>> Hall sender. This wire has no connector on it.
> 
> What colour is this wire ?  Someone might know what it's for.
> 
> So you installed a used harness.
> 
> Bentley may have a table showing where and what to measure for continuity
> to/from ECT etc. to each connector.
> 
> Hopefully I'm not wasting your time focusing on the harness. e.g. it sure
> sounds like a vacuum leak of some kind or fuel starvation.
> 
> Neil.
> 
> 
> On Sat, Sep 3, 2011 at 3:08 PM, John Rodgers <inua@charter.net> wrote:
> 
>> Not really.
>> 
>> It fired right up - still does. But won't stay running. Had that problem
>> yesterday, - would die immediately - but found the AFM connection to the
>> black boot open. Fixed that and it would run longer, but as mentioned, it
>> gets more and more ragged as it runs until it just quits.
>> 
>> Ran perfect before the burnt wire  incident. Now with the new harness - not
>> so perfect. I looked the harness over thoroughly and there is no evidence of
>> repairs. I did find one wire that seems to have no place to go. It comes out
>> of the bundle just before the connector for the Hall sender. This wire has
>> no connector on it. Can't tell where it might should go. Will have to study
>> the electrical schematics tonight - see if I can find it. In the meantime -
>> still wondering about this.
>> 
>> John
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On 9/3/2011 3:42 PM, neil n wrote:
>> 
>>> Did the engine initially run well, new harness installed?
>>> 
>> 
>> 
> 
> 
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