Jonesy
5/15/2008 10:19:38 PM
Hi new to this forum and I'm hoping someone can help.
I have had my 1990 Chevy pickup, TBI - 5.7L - 4WD, for along time and its been a great vehicle. My truck has been sitting for awhile now, like a year. In the winter I drove it too the dump to drop off some trash and noticed it was severely lacking in power. I parked the truck and forgot about it for a few months until the weather got warmer. I got in it again and the engine was running great. Until that is when I was in traffic and it just died.
I towed it back to my house and I have been trying to trouble shoot this. My engine will run very shortly if I pour a tiny bit of gas into the carbfrom a Gerry can. So that makes me think the ignition is working. I tested the fuel pressure coming from the fuel pump, dead headed, and it was about 14psi. I do not see fuel being sprayed into the carb when I crank. If I leave the ignition turned on, And I put 12Volts to one of the injectors, then fuel does start dripping into the carb. I checked for codes by the flashing lights and nothing comes up.
I should add that I have checked the Injectors fuse and it is good. I have 12V to the + side of the injector wire. Not sure how to check the wires going back to the ECU. Do I do a continuity check while cranking to Ground?
Is it possible that the ECU is telling the injectors not to spray for some reason. Any help would be appreciated.
shawnvw
5/16/2008 11:53:09 AM
Jonesy
5/21/2008 4:41:06 AM
Hi thanks for the input. Just thought I would come back and tell you what the issue was. Ended up being a faulty ignition module.
shawnvw
5/21/2008 4:25:54 PM
Good to hear you figured it out. Its nice to have some feedback on what the problem accually was. A lot of people do not let us know if the advice we gave worked, or if they found the problem on their own.
thanks for the reply and hope you stick around for a while
