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On 29 Jul 2002, at 18:22, Richard Steinburg wrote: > > I did a lot of work today. I re-installed the FI wiring harness and repaired > all of the other electrical connections for the engine. I figured out where > everything should go, even relplaced the cold start injector with a spare > that works properly. At one point when I turned the key to the "on" position > the main relay and the fuel pump relay would go on, then 2 seconds later the > pump would shut off. Success!... maybe. I got everything together to try > starting the engine and found that the battery needed a little help. > OK, I hooked up my battery charger and put it in the boost mode. Tried to > start it, didn't quite get there, then discovered that the FI wasn't working > properly again. Hmm. I remember asking the list before if it was OK to use > the starter boost on our FI cars, and I was told that it is all right. I > checked to see if the computer looked fried this time and there was nothing > to indicate that. Sounds like something is intermittent. I don't think most boost chargers would hurt the FI, but just in case, what is the voltage across the battery when you have your charger on boost? I can't imagine that anything less than 20 V would hurt anything, and 20 V would be awfully high for a charger. - ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <type3-off@vwtype3.org> For more help, see http://vwtype3.org/list/