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Old 08-03-2014, 08:50 AM
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My 3 door has 4 wires in the loom to my map sensor, but there is only 3 pins on the plug, there is a black wire in the loom that is connected to nothing, should this be connected to one of the other pins ?.
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Old 08-03-2014, 04:27 PM
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Am I the only one with a 3 door with 4 fucking wires
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Old 08-03-2014, 04:45 PM
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1will be the screen wire, it's to stop interference
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Thanks for that, it just looked like it had been solderd to one of the connecters and it had broke.
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screen wire/shield will be connected to the earth at ecu end and floating free at the connector
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Thanks a lot guys, I was a little pissed off I didn't know.
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