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On 22 Sep 2003 at 9:46, Aaron Clow wrote: > I got as far as pulling out the brain and removing the plug. I did smell > that "burnt silicon" smell that, being in computers, I have smelled on > occasion. It wasn't terribly strong, but it was there. Do they all > smell like this or does this possibly signal something wrong with the > brain? I would hook up my FI tester box, but I don't want to do that > until I get this fuel pump situation straightened out. Also, does the > brain box itself need to be grounded or can I do this checking with the > box laying in the engine compartment? I don't associate any particular smell with them. If you let the magic smoke out at some point, I'd expect that to have all dissipated by now. It may just be a musty smell from being closed up for years. The brain doesn't need a direct ground. It gets a ground thru one of the wires in the wiring harness. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org