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Subject:Re: Real time help needed
From:Dan N
Date:Sun, 29 Mar 2020 08:56:23 -0700

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
>
>