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Postby David Gentleman » Wed Dec 06, 2006 1:26 pm

peterg wrote:No the earths are fine.....I have actually been at the GTA business for a while :roll: and have several extra earths (battery direct to engine and battery direct to rear subframe) and have never had an earth problem.....stuck record!! :lol:.


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Postby simonsays74 » Wed Dec 06, 2006 1:50 pm

tell us more............


we are all ready for a laugh! :lol:


what happened peter/david? :?
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Postby mitchella » Wed Dec 06, 2006 2:10 pm

My money is now on an Earth problem :lol:
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Postby peterg » Wed Dec 06, 2006 2:29 pm

Its not solved as easily as an earth! The rear pump wasnt working because it didnt have an earth....nothing to do with plastic cars because the rest of the lower loom appears to have earth.....the wire must be broken somewhere inside the loom.
Lots of fuel now....unfortuntately none of it is getting into the cylinders because the injectors dont fire. I have to get ready for work now, so it rolls over to another day! Any bright ideas???
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Postby Stunned Monkey » Thu Dec 07, 2006 12:25 am

This would be the Adaptronic, yes ?
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Postby David Gentleman » Thu Dec 07, 2006 12:38 am

peterg wrote:Its not solved as easily as an earth! The rear pump wasnt working because it didnt have an earth....nothing to do with plastic cars because the rest of the lower loom appears to have earth.....the wire must be broken somewhere inside the loom.
Lots of fuel now....unfortuntately none of it is getting into the cylinders because the injectors dont fire. I have to get ready for work now, so it rolls over to another day! Any bright ideas???


Have you checked the relay that powers up the 12v to the injectors yet?
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Postby peterg » Thu Dec 07, 2006 2:11 am

Will need a map to show which it is! Not sure how to check one either! Will check the ECU on a laptop next day off I get.
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Postby David Gentleman » Thu Dec 07, 2006 2:51 am

If you have a test meter, you can check for 12v directly at the injectors, or in the main wiring loom near the bulhead, you will see all 6 yellow wires from the injectors come together into a soldered 'blob', again, you can check for voltage from there.
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Postby Alpineandy » Thu Dec 07, 2006 9:58 am

David Gentleman wrote: a soldered 'blob'


There you go again.... Getting technical :lol:
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Postby David Gentleman » Thu Dec 07, 2006 10:54 am

Alpineandy wrote:
David Gentleman wrote: a soldered 'blob'


There you go again.... Getting technical :lol:


You laugh, but I always remember looking at the wiring diagrams for the engine loom and seeing that all 6 wires were joined somewhere in the loom and thinking 'I wonder how they terminated it?'...

Low and behold I strip back the wires, and see 6 twisted together with a load of solder over them :roll: :lol:
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Postby clee » Thu Dec 07, 2006 10:58 am

So I needn't have bothered to ident the injectors :oops:
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Postby peterg » Thu Dec 07, 2006 12:36 pm

clee wrote:So I needn't have bothered to ident the injectors :oops:


Ditto :roll:
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Postby simontaylor » Thu Dec 07, 2006 5:24 pm

peterg wrote:
clee wrote:So I needn't have bothered to ident the injectors :oops:


Ditto :roll:


Ditto too.

The quest to do things properly and then, those yellow wires catch up again.
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Postby clee » Thu Dec 07, 2006 5:31 pm

simontaylor wrote:
peterg wrote:
clee wrote:So I needn't have bothered to ident the injectors :oops:


Ditto :roll:


Ditto too.

The quest to do things properly and then, those yellow wires catch up again.


It's always best to be anal about labelling things and putting bolts back where they came from :lol:
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Postby David Gentleman » Thu Dec 07, 2006 5:46 pm

clee wrote:So I needn't have bothered to ident the injectors :oops:


Nope...
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