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On Sat, 2006-02-25 at 09:15, Constantino Tobio wrote: > Jim Adney wrote: > > I had thought the trigger points merely were timing signals to the ECU > on WHEN to fire, but not how LONG to fire. Duration I thought was > governed by a number of factors, primarily the pressure and temp > sensors. That said, if that bank's trigger point is out of whack and > were gummy and lingered (how this circumstance would arise, not sure), > the ramifcations may or may not be interesting. Another thought- what if > the trigger points were ok, but one side was making an intermittent > contact? This wouldn't even have to be the points, but rather the > circuit from the connector to the ECU. Wouldn't this result in extra > firing of the injectors on that bank (changing frequency rather than > duration). what happens if the three wires in the trigger point connector are switched around?? IE, the center wire is not the "common" wire. Just a thought. -- Russ Wolfe '71 FB AT '66 FB MT '64 T34 (not running) '65 T1 (not running) '05 KIA Sorento SUV russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~