Testing my patience

Francois Dion (francois@hyperreal.org)
Tue, 16 Feb 1999 12:31:01 -0500

This car is really starting to get on my nerves. Yesterday,
I spent some time with the main fuel pump. Trigering it in
reverse and then back, it worked. It was stuck (so no fuel,
even with the fuel line removed from the rail and into a
big container). Cranking did bring the fuel this time, so
did bypassing the fuel pump relay (tachymetric relay?).
I tought aha! I'm home free!

Boy was I wrong. After putting the fuel line on the rail
and trying to start the car, it just cranked but no burn.
There is spark, and I am pretty sure there is fuel now,
unless the injectors are not getting their triggers.
This is really annoying. As I said, I get 125 psi on
all cylinders; vacuum is present during cranking; spark
plugs produce a nice spark; fuel gets to the fuel rail.

What could prevent the ECU from trigering the injectors,
is there a sensor somewhere I could have missed (bad connection)
that could do this? If the injectors indeed are receiving
their signal, I guess the only other thing that could be
happening is too much air getting in.

Ciao,
Francois Dion (francois@hyperreal.org)

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