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Subject:Re: making a little headway but need advice
From:Steve Cotsford
Date:Sat, 7 Dec 2013 15:02:59 -0500

Thanks Neil for this additional info.   This means that the injector switching is done on the negative side and nothing will happen to the injectors if the constant B+ is missing.     
Yes, the good injector did spray each and every time I moved the rotor.     I even switched the plug of that injector with the one right next to it.  Only the same injector sprayed, thus confirming that the other one could not.      I might even switch that 1 good injector over to the other bank and see if those plugs make it work.   If each plug fires the good injector, this will tell me that the r/h injectors are faulty too and that the ECU and/or wiring is doing its job.     Steve

On Dec 7, 2013, at 2:47 PM, Neil N wrote:

> Ign. on, each FI plug should have a constant B+ on one side. There is
> a B+ junction in the black junction box. IIRC, this supplies B+ to
> FI's. The test should be shown in Bentley for this. Also, check
> continuity between each FI plug negative wire and ECU plug. The FI's
> are activated by a supplied negative ground from the ECU. I see this
> as ECU 12.
> 
> I find it hard to believe that 3 injectors are faulty. But as you say,
> the engine has sat some time unused.
> 
> Is the known good injector spraying each and every time?
> 
> 
> On 12/7/13, Steve Cotsford <cotsford@aol.com> wrote:
> 
>> It seems I have just 1 injector out of the 4 that is pulsing fuel, on l/h
>> bank, so I have 3 injectors that are not injecting so to speak.    No wonder
>> I was not getting far.
>> Now I have to make those 3 injectors work :-(        Is there an easy way of
>> doing that?       I have no idea when last these injectors worked.
>> Certainly they have been sitting idle for at least 6 months in my
>> possession.    38 psi did not make it happen :-)
> 
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