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Subject:Re: Real time help needed
From:OlRivrRat <OlRivrRat@COMCAST.NET>
Date:Sun, 29 Mar 2020 11:49:31 -0600

No time now to read all to see what You have checked > Just will ask if

You have checked to see if Battery has @Least Full Voltage ~ Had similar hap'

once & it turned out to be Shorted Cell so there was still plenty of Juice to Crank

but Not Enough Volts to make ECU Happy ~
  
On 29 Mar , 2020, at 10:26 AM, Alistair Bell wrote:

> Dan,
> 
> The box that has the two relays? Fuel pump and ecu relays? 
> 
> 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 .
> 
> But I’ll check the wires to those relays again today. And the black wire from coil to ecu. 
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Alistair
> 
>> On Mar 29, 2020, at 8:56 AM, Dan N <dn92610@gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> 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 
>>>

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