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For discussing MicroSquirt (TM) configuration and tuning of fuel parameters (including idle valves, etc.).
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Post by Bernard Fife »

if the fuel pump circuit is blown does this affect the cpu in any way shape or form?
tomf757

No, the fuel pump circuit doies not affect the CPU at all.

The flyback failure should not affect the fuel pump circuit (the most common cause of the fuel pump circuit dying is the voltage being reversed, even momentarily, and can result from the stim or vehicle power being hooked up backwards (usually), or from negative spikes in your voltage supply (much less often). Replacing the fuel pump transistor usually fixes it.

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thank you

Post by tomf757 »

thank you for this helpful reply, I do not believe that I hooked anything up wrong, but?
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I'll keep on truckin'

Post by tomf757 »

Or at least I'll try again, now that I have the unit back. Anyone have any ideas before I start up again?
Thank you
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Post by jonfx4com »

Only one pointer, read the manual then read it again and then once more before going near the car. Take it apart sentence by sentence until you get it. You are clearly very close to getting running but you need to understand the wiring side of things and the basic tuning theory or you will fry the unit again or worse. This advice is intended in a helpfull spirit not as a criticism. I to tried to do it with the manual used only as a last resort but even with a lot of experience in engines and electronic systems I could not make it work until I spent 3 nights reading the book over and over until every word went in.

Good luck,

Jon
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Post by Bernard Fife »

Only one pointer, read the manual then read it again and then once more before going near the car. Take it apart sentence by sentence until you get it.
Jon,

Yeah, that's very good advice. I am frequently asked if the manual can be made simpler. However, there isn't really anything in there that is superfluous. Virtually every sentence and paragraph contains important bits of info. If a new user reads it and doesn't think there's anything in a particular section, chances are they have missed something crucial.

Of course it is very hard to learn everything on the first read through the manual, so you have to go through it a few times, unfortunately. So I would advise the new user that you'll know you are ready to proceed when you understand all the relevant sections, and there's nothing that seemed vague or 'filler material' or too obvious to be mentioned in a manual.

Lance.
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Good advice

Post by tomf757 »

I am running a single point injector, but the meagsquirt has two wires going to the injectors. How would one choose the correct wire and what do you do with other.
I have read a lot, but this is something I did not see.
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Post by jonfx4com »

Tom,

If my thinking is right you would set the injector firing to simultaneous and number of injectors to 1 and then you can use any injector output. Seems to make sense to me but I have to say that I couldn't see any reference to that in the manual, not that I looked for long. I think this is the right configuration unless anyone knows better?

Jon
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Thank you

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If the rains don't come this weekend I'll give it a try.
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HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Post by tomf757 »

:evil: What a bummer now I have no injector pulse after waiting for 4 months to get this thingy back from being repaired by the person who put it together.
I really do not know how any one else is fairing with this, but I am really considering a carb and let the pollution be as it is.
ANY AND ALL HELP IS WANTED AND APPRECIATED HINT HINT HINT
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lights blink

Post by tomf757 »

So when I crank the engine the light flash like the injector is getting the info to fire, but NO! Yes, the injector does work as verified by shorting to ground (disconnected from the MS) the enging really wants to run, but with out gasoline it is just an old air pump.
PLEASE SEND SOME HINTS !!!!!!!!!
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