Funny thing is, the car starts right up, and if you hit the gas, it revs like normal, right up to the redline as usual. It just 'idles' at 2-2500!!!
Once I get another warm sunny day to take a look at it, I will disconnect EVERYTHING and clean/spray, and see if that makes a difference. - Josh On Sun, 30 Mar 2003 13:55:13 -0800 (PST), Holland Phillips wrote: > > Ouch. Sounds like the ECU might be dead. Check the > big connector that > plugs into the ECU. Clean the contacts per Alex's > instructions, and > make sure it's securely plugged into the ECU. It's > also possible that > the DPR somehow developed a short to ground, which > could give you a > zero voltage/current reading. Try unplugging the DPR > and see what, if > anything, is coming in on the harness from the ECU - > see Bentley for > pinout. > > On Sunday, Mar 30, 2003, at 07:36 US/Pacific, > [email protected] wrote: > > > Update..... > > Yesterday I hooked up the meter and checked the DPR > > value...... ZERO.... yup, no reading at all. > > > > I pulled the 02 sensor and it was BLACK with carbon. > > > > I replaced it with a brand new factory O2. > > > > Started it back up, symptoms are exactly the same..... > > checked the meter and still got no reading. > > > > Started raining so I quit for the day. > > > > This morning I went out and hooked up the LED test > > light. I have ran codes before in the past with no > > problems. This time as soon as I hooked in the LED, it > > lit up, even with the ignition off. I am using a 1/4 > > 330 OHM resistor on the negative leg as required. > > > > What gives? I would hate to start throwing parts at > > this thing wildly!! ($$$$) > > > --Holland > [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ > a2-16v-list mailing list > [email protected] > <a href="http://mail.powerdubs.com/jump/http://mail.a2-16v.com/mailman/listinfo/a2-16v-list";>http://mail.a2-16v.com/mailman/listinfo/a2-16v-list</a> > For list archives, see listinfo link above.
