ECU seems to be dead - HELP

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Si.G
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ECU seems to be dead - HELP

Postby Si.G » Sun Sep 12, 2010 3:32 pm

Hi Guys,

I have been in the process of wiring up my TPS for my megasquirt and things have gone a bit wrong today. The car seems to be dead. What happens...

-- turn ignition on and there is no fuel pump and the car will not start with my megasquirt or a stock NA6 ecu (ignition lights are on).

What I have done so far in terms of diagnostics...
-- I have checked all of the fuses - all okay
-- I have tested the fuel pump using a jumper across the afm terminals and that work fine.
-- Using the stock ECU and the fuel pump jumper in place, I tried starting the car and it seemed to want to go and then dies.

I have read a few other threads and it might be my EGI relay? Which relay is it and Is there any way to test this?

Is it this one?

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Any help for diagnostics is appreciated.

Si.
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93_Clubman
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Re: ECU seems to be dead - HELP

Postby 93_Clubman » Sun Sep 12, 2010 3:49 pm

some info on egi here:
viewtopic.php?f=29&t=38526&hilit=fuel+cut+afm

you mention na6 - are you running stock afm? if not, have you circumvented the for fuel cutout switch which is activated if no air flow is detected? more info here:
viewtopic.php?f=29&t=21251&hilit=fuel+cut+afm&start=30
& here:
http://www.aus-cartalk.com/forum/viewto ... sc&start=0

Si.G
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Re: ECU seems to be dead - HELP

Postby Si.G » Sun Sep 12, 2010 4:44 pm

Okay,

I have some progress - firstly I have fixed my MegaSquirt PNP, the firmware was trashed on it. The fuel pump and stuff are all working correctly now, but the engine is running on 1 cylinder, so I will have to figure that out.

Si.
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Si.G
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Re: ECU seems to be dead - HELP

Postby Si.G » Sun Sep 12, 2010 10:01 pm

Si.G wrote:Okay,

I have some progress - firstly I have fixed my MegaSquirt PNP, the firmware was trashed on it. The fuel pump and stuff are all working correctly now, but the engine is running on 1 cylinder, so I will have to figure that out.

Si.


I think I have had an un lucky day, my MegaSquirt firmware messed up and at the same time my plugs got so fouled that they would not fire, so the issues I thought I had were not as bad as they first seemed. Two un-related issue made me think something had gone really wrong.

All sorted now. Panic over.
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Re: ECU seems to be dead - HELP

Postby 93_Clubman » Mon Sep 13, 2010 10:23 am

Good stuff!


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