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On Sat, 2004-10-16 at 14:24, C.Rochambeau wrote: > > It goes to pin 19 of the ECU. > > Good news, seems we got it sorted. > > It appears that the intitial reason the car died [right in front of my house, right > before I was preparing to leave for work in the morning, who'd have imagined] was a > break in the wire from the ECU [19] and the fuel pump relay. It broke at the junction in > the engine compartment. > > Afterwards, the main FI power relay was miswired resulting in an always on state. I mark > that one up at having juggled them after dark with the aid of a flashlight. The OE > relays have been returned to service, and work fine. > > One of the fastest electrical troubleshooting sessions I've ever been involved in! We > owe many thanks to the list. > People seem to forget about that wire, sometimes. I remember it because we used to use it as a troubleshooting tool at the dealer. By grounding that wire, you can start the pump running from the engine compartment, without the engine running. -- Russ Wolfe '71 FB AT '66 FB MT '64 T34 (not running) '65 T1 (not running) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~