craigdiver
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| posted on 23/9/17 at 11:55 AM |
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Certified idiot!
Spent the last couple of weeks trying to get engine running after buying modified ECU that can be used as a standalone unit. Today, when about to give
up for the day I found, at the back of the main engine loom boot (hidden from view), a ground connector hanging in mid-air which looks like it grounds
everything control-wise in the engine bay ;-(
Hooked it up and it attempted to fire up but think have flooded engine. I’ll hook up the OBD connector to the ECU to make sure everything else
tickety-boo. So close!
Aaaarrgghhhh!!!
[Edited on 23/9/17 by craigdiver]
If it ain't broken, fix it anyway (just because).
Building - BMW powered Haynes Roadster/442E hybrid.
Volvo C30 T5 Polestar
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NigeEss
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| posted on 23/9/17 at 12:42 PM |
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Doh !
Sometimes it's the simplest things....
Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so.................Douglas Adams.
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gremlin1234
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| posted on 23/9/17 at 05:00 PM |
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sorry you don't qualify in the true idiot category.
remember systems are always being designed to be idiot proof, so then the grade for first class idiot goes up, and they have to make a better
idiot.
a true idiot, would have said, what does this wire do, must be positive to the battery without any switching or fuse.
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craigdiver
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| posted on 23/9/17 at 05:03 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by gremlin1234
sorry you don't qualify in the true idiot category.
remember systems are always being designed to be idiot proof, so then the grade for first class idiot goes up, and they have to make a better
idiot.
a true idiot, would have said, what does this wire do, must be positive to the battery without any switching or fuse.
Or licked it to see if it was live!
If it ain't broken, fix it anyway (just because).
Building - BMW powered Haynes Roadster/442E hybrid.
Volvo C30 T5 Polestar
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gremlin1234
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| posted on 23/9/17 at 05:30 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by craigdiver
Or licked it to see if it was live!
especially if the back emf from the coils was routing through there
as I say, there are more perfect idiots than you
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 23/9/17 at 05:59 PM |
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It's not easy being an idiot. (see my avatar!)
Funnily enough - whenever people have an electrical problem on this forum the usual answer is "check the earth connection".
Coincidentally, it often turns out to be exactly that issue!
Glad you've sorted it out.
[Edited on 23/9/17 by David Jenkins]
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gremlin1234
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| posted on 23/9/17 at 06:36 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by David Jenkins
It's not easy being an idiot. (see my avatar!)
Funnily enough - whenever people have an electrical problem on this forum the usual answer is "check the earth connection".
Coincidentally, it often turns out to be exactly that issue!
Glad you've sorted it out.
often worth [actually near essential] having someone else looking at a problem, its really really easy to keep overlooking the same fault.
or just describing the fault, and you yourself realising what may be wrong.
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