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Subject:Re: Real time help needed
From:Alistair Bell
Date:Sun, 29 Mar 2020 11:08:27 -0700

No I haven’t Stacy. I don’t have remote starter and yet to figure out how to look. Maybe I’ll video it.

I’m looking in my stash for diodes to make marks harness

Ab

> On Mar 29, 2020, at 11:05 AM, Stacy Schneider <vwcrewman@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> Have you pulled a plug and checked for spark?  Look at the halls plug and make sure it is sound. I once had this situation and the ring on the back of the alternator had snapped.
> This would be a good time to have one of Mark Drillocks devised testing devices.
> 
>                                                                                                                                   Stacy   
> 
>> On Sun, Mar 29, 2020 at 11:02 AM Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote:
>> Yes, battery good and when cranked low durign tests I combined it with my 200 Ahr aux battery.
>> 
>> Have on board charger, it’s been charging all night now.
>> 
>> Alistair 
>> 
>> > On Mar 29, 2020, at 10:49 AM, OlRivrRat <OlRivrRat@comcast.net> wrote:
>> > 
>> >     No time now to read all to see what You have checked > Just will ask if
>> > 
>> > You have checked to see if Battery has @Least Full Voltage ~ Had similar hap'
>> > 
>> > once & it turned out to be Shorted Cell so there was still plenty of Juice to Crank
>> > 
>> > but Not Enough Volts to make ECU Happy ~
>> > 
>> >> On 29 Mar , 2020, at 10:26 AM, Alistair Bell wrote:
>> >> 
>> >> Dan,
>> >> 
>> >> The box that has the two relays? Fuel pump and ecu relays? 
>> >> 
>> >> I did swap relays and felt for them clicking when I inserted them with ign on. Being alone that’s the way I had to do it . Fuel pump does hum on start, as does the idle air valve .
>> >> 
>> >> But I’ll check the wires to those relays again today. And the black wire from coil to ecu. 
>> >> 
>> >> Thanks
>> >> 
>> >> Alistair
>> >> 
>> >>>> On Mar 29, 2020, at 8:56 AM, Dan N <dn92610@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>> 
>> >>> 
>> >>> I am not sure if this help but you may want to try. Similar situation happened to me on a long trip... stop for gas and the engine didn't start, it cranked strong. Pish the van on the side and called a mechanic.. he can't come till next day because he's busy.
>> >>> So I went to the engine bay and check all the connections. Finally found this: 
>> >>> - on the black box that sits on top of the coil, there's one large wire loom and one small one
>> >>> - disconnect the small one, clean the connector and reconnect.
>> >>> try it.
>> >>> 
>> >>>> On Sat, Mar 28, 2020 at 5:20 PM Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote:
>> >>>> No spare ecu. 
>> >>>> 
>> >>>> There is absolutely no gas smell from tail pipe after all the cranking. I’d imagine I would smell some.
>> >>>> 
>> >>>> But I’m sure I hear the pump come on and shut off as usual when ign on.
>> >>>> 
>> >>>> Tomorrow I’ll make sure I have fuel at least to the injectors 
>> >>>> 
>> >>>> Being one man here and no remote start, fiddling on the engine while cranking ain’t gonna happen today 
>> >>>> 
>> >>>> Thanks
>> >>>> 
>> >>>> Alistair 
>> >>>> 
>> > 
> 
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