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Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
1984 Westfalia, auto trans,
Bend, Ore.

On 07/02/2014 03:54 PM, SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott ) wrote:
> there is a device already that is an 'engine running indicator.'
>
> it's call a 'tachometer.'
>
> and if you've ever ridden or driven in a really really loud environment..
> such as lined up to race with 20 other reving 2 stoke race bikes ( where
> you can only actually tell your own engine is running by feeling the
> vibrations of it ) you can imagine how useful a tach is for this purpose.
>
> additonally ..
> warning lights will be on if key is on but engine isn't running.
>
> we could/should all try this ....just to make sure the fuel pump will
> always stop if the engine stalls...
> with engine running, foot on brake, let the clutch out until the engine
> is stalled..
> you should NOT hear the fuel pump continue to run ..it's a safety feature.
>
> I have one modified 2.1 ECU that runs the fuel pump any time the key is
> on....'taint right.
>
> all fuel pump cirucits are designed so if engine stalls, like in a crash
> ...fuel pump will not run.
> a few cars even have an inertia switch ,that when pumped hard enough
> will stop the electric fuel pump.
> some use the alternator signal to keep the pump running,
> our vanagons use ignition pulse to keep the ecu informed that the engine
> is actually running.   If the ecu doesn't see that...
>    fuel pump signal is turned off.
>
>
> On 7/2/2014 11:09 AM, Steven Johnson wrote:
>> God help you (especially your hearing) if you can't tell the engine is
>> running...
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Jul 2, 2014 at 2:05 PM, Roy Nicholl <RNicholl@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote:
>>
>>> Could we put a gate in that lamp circuit so it flashes only every couple
>>> of hundred cycles (revolutions) to avoid a pandemic of seizures of old
>>> farts driving Veedubs?
>>>
>>> On 02-Jul-2014, at 17:21, Rocket J Squirrel wrote:
>>>
>>>> Good, good. How about this: it triggers a lamp every time the engine
>>>> passes TDC. An "engine running" indicator?
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
>>>> 1984 Westfalia, auto trans,
>>>> Bend, Ore.
>>>>