Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2020 11:02:10 -0700
Reply-To: Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA>
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From: Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA>
Subject: Re: Real time help needed
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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:
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> No time now to read all to see what You have checked > Just will ask if
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> You have checked to see if Battery has @Least Full Voltage ~ Had similar hap'
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> once & it turned out to be Shorted Cell so there was still plenty of Juice to Crank
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> but Not Enough Volts to make ECU Happy ~
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>> On 29 Mar , 2020, at 10:26 AM, Alistair Bell wrote:
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>> Dan,
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>> The box that has the two relays? Fuel pump and ecu relays?
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>> 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 .
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>> But I’ll check the wires to those relays again today. And the black wire from coil to ecu.
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>> Thanks
>>
>> Alistair
>>
>>>> On Mar 29, 2020, at 8:56 AM, Dan N <dn92610@gmail.com> wrote:
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>>>
>>> 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.
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>>>> 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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