My mate just called me who has a 2wd saff and said one of his amal valve wires has shorted on his header tank and now the car won't start?
He reckons he still has a spark but no fuel.
Anyone tell me what damage has likely to have been done? ECU???
Cheers Spadge...

 

fuel pump fuse

 

Yeah, probably the ECU gone pop.. at the minimum it'd blow the transistor that controls the amal valve.. but it appears to have done a bit more damage unfortunately! Probably a fried track..

 

i bet the supply for the amal valve (which is taken from the fuel pump relay/fuse) just sorted to earth! no ecu damage

 

What he said.....

 

50/50 chance it was that wire.. Let's hope so eh

 

The control wire is an earth switch anyway so how the fuck could it blow the ecu...?

 

GARETH T = optimist

reality = pesamist

 

He has checked all the fuses in the engine loom which is where i think the fuel pump one is and they are all ok.
Has also run a live to the pump and the car starts
He is still fiddling so any more suggestions

 

because if the transitor was switched on in the ecu,,, you have a short from live to earth running through the ecu! this can burn tracks! hopefully the fuse just blown

 

Is the fuse with the relay ?

 

try changing the fuel pump relay next

 

But Spadgeroo said they shorted on the header tank,not to each other.....

Be damn unlucky if the tranny popped before the short on the header tank took the fuse out...

 

Which one is it mate any idea?
I'm a 3 door man and they are different

 

Underneath the glovebox i think Spadge on a saffy,mounted on a little bracket...

 

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/08...s/fuelpump.jpg

nightdavva
hope he havent blown his tranny,,, seen this once on my mates mobile phone,, looks nasty but yes i do agree,,, thats why im going with the fuel pump supply

 

Fingers Crossed mate....

 

below the glove box and has a black and red wire running to it amongst others

 

Yellow relay with yellow wiring plug on it

 

Hm no, your man here has a point.. One wire is the live you were referring to, the other wire is just a switched earth.. touching earth won't affect anything.. I've switched opinions now to Gareths

 

reality
fuck off your not joining my gang now

 

Splitter...

 

The fuse you have blown is clipped onto teh fuel pump relay.

 

I'll get back to him and tell him to re-check all the fuses and maybe the relays
Cheers for you help guys
p.s feel free to carry on with your

 

Just spoke to him again and he says the fuse is ok and he has tried another relay and another L6 and its still fooked!
Any other suggestions?

 

a wire burnt out somehwhere

check is he got the supply to the fuel relay

 

This happened to my pals saph cossi, puff of smoke from the glove box and it popped the ecu. There was a huge hole in the circuit board where it had burnt through. Will try and dig a pic out of it.

 

Lol went down there and they had been checking every relay and fuse but the right one
The fuel pump fuse had indeed blown so well done fella's

 

Now thats service for you eh!!!

 

nice one spadge

 

I hope you gave him some fooking grief then Spadge!!!!

 

Notice i was confident. Fixed many of these over the years.

Glad he is running again, shame you had to go out and do what you had already told him to do though. lol

 

cus your the man