r1_pete
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| posted on 27/7/14 at 06:20 PM |
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Originally posted by adithorp
A bigger battery would help, as would a high torque starter but neither are fixing the fault. Back the cranking advance off. If it fixes the problem,
job done.
and zero cost......
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Sierra
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| posted on 27/7/14 at 06:30 PM |
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Very true, unfortunately I don't have a laptop with the right port.
Reading a lot of posts on this forum it seems a lot of people have had to change to a high torque starter.
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r1_pete
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| posted on 27/7/14 at 06:37 PM |
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What do you need a Serial Port?? if so, a USB to Serial adapter based on the Prolific or FTDI chipset will do the job, the cheapo adapters don't
seem to work with engine management systems.
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adithorp
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| posted on 27/7/14 at 07:37 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Sierra
Very true, unfortunately I don't have a laptop with the right port.
Reading a lot of posts on this forum it seems a lot of people have had to change to a high torque starter.
That may be because they ask on here about poor hot starting and get two answers; Retard the ignition from experienced mechanics and put a bigger
starter on from others. They then ignore one option.
If you ask how to remove something and some people give you a detailed step by step guide and someone else says get a bigger hammer, which would you
do?
"A witty saying proves nothing" Voltaire
http://jpsc.org.uk/forum/
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Sierra
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| posted on 27/7/14 at 09:03 PM |
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Haha well put. I'm going to give it a go a set it to 0' and see what happens
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Sierra
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| posted on 30/7/14 at 09:29 PM |
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Quick update, I phoned omex on advice on the cranking advance and they explained that the engine isint turning over enough for the ecu to even begin
to work. I don't really understand any of it but I went and bought an edge high torque starter and so far so good.
Next step is to take it to the rolling road for a tune up. Options so far are
Power engineering
TTS performance
Northampton motorsport
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r1_pete
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| posted on 31/7/14 at 07:32 AM |
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Wow thats some statement from Omex, if the ECU isn't working at cranking speed what is firing the injectors, and sparks??
The ECU has a set of parameters it uses at cranking speed to start the engine, and even before cranking starts e.g. fuel pump prime, you have been
seriously mis informed.
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