Hi, this is going to be a long post. Let me start by saying that I am bringing this car back to life after a long siesta. It's been a ride for sure. I'll list the things I've done so far before I start the discussion on the trouble codes and the stumble I'm having now.
Went through the entire fuel system;
cleaned tank
cleaned fuel lines
cleaned injectors new o-rings
cleaned rails and cross over lines
New fuel pump assembly
New fuel filter
cleaned port on MAP sensor and checked voltage drop under vacuum 100%
cleaned throttle plates
There were several wires that had been chewed away that I am repairing as I find them, the most obvious and easiest ones were the Opti spark harness and two injector pigtails. The car fired up and ran right off after replacing those. Fuel pressure is good @42 idling, jumps up when you accelerate(50 maybe ?? didn't look that closely).
First couple short drives just babying it didn't run real sporty, found out the tranny wasn't going into low had to manually shift it. After a couple rides it wasn't running terrible, but it wasn't right either.
This is when I learned how to read trouble codes through the climate control screen on this site! YAY, that was a good day!. First codes I got from -00 PCM mode was 34, 73 then a handful of transmission codes.
I went to the MAP sensor and found the power wire going to it was chewed through, repaired that then checked for a good MAP sensor. The voltage and drop checked good with vacuum test. 4.98v - 1.18v
THIS IS WHEN I began to get the bad off idle stumble AFTER I got power to the MAP sensor. It never stumbled before I did this. This is also the same time that I noticed when one circuit gets fixed it can create a different issue, not surprised about that. I leaned toward it might be a TPS issue popping up. I am doing one thing at a time to keep this going in the right direction and avoid confusing my old hard head, but I haven't taken any TPS voltage readings yet. Instead, I took a detour and checked the transmission harness at the case plug, it was chewed all to hell. So I wired in a new pigtail hoping it MAY have something to do with the stumble(stranger sh^t has happened!). Tranny problems miraculously went away, shifts great, and it actually takes off in low gear now! Heck yeah!!
Stumble is still there. Lemme say this, the stumble is NOT there when first fired up cold and the car is in open loop, it will take off nice and smooth. At the present, the trouble codes I'm getting on -00 is 18 and 34.
18 - Injector driver circuit voltage to PCM was wrong for 4 seconds.
FIX - Wiring open circuit/short circuit to ground, supply wire, injectors, ECM
34 - MAP sensor signal voltage was too low (high vacuum) when engine speed was under 700 RPM, or when TPS was greater than 20% with an engine speed above 700 RPM.
FIX - Wiring open circuit/short circuit to ground, MAP sensor, ECM
I'm thinking I still have some open circuits with bad wiring to find. I do not have a FSM yet and I don't have a wiring diagram to look at, can someone in here throw any ideas my way on this? Thanks for all the help so far.
BTW, what is the relay on the firewall behind the under hood fuse block. The red lead coming out of the relay is TOAST! I need to find where that goes.
Went through the entire fuel system;
cleaned tank
cleaned fuel lines
cleaned injectors new o-rings
cleaned rails and cross over lines
New fuel pump assembly
New fuel filter
cleaned port on MAP sensor and checked voltage drop under vacuum 100%
cleaned throttle plates
There were several wires that had been chewed away that I am repairing as I find them, the most obvious and easiest ones were the Opti spark harness and two injector pigtails. The car fired up and ran right off after replacing those. Fuel pressure is good @42 idling, jumps up when you accelerate(50 maybe ?? didn't look that closely).
First couple short drives just babying it didn't run real sporty, found out the tranny wasn't going into low had to manually shift it. After a couple rides it wasn't running terrible, but it wasn't right either.
This is when I learned how to read trouble codes through the climate control screen on this site! YAY, that was a good day!. First codes I got from -00 PCM mode was 34, 73 then a handful of transmission codes.
I went to the MAP sensor and found the power wire going to it was chewed through, repaired that then checked for a good MAP sensor. The voltage and drop checked good with vacuum test. 4.98v - 1.18v
THIS IS WHEN I began to get the bad off idle stumble AFTER I got power to the MAP sensor. It never stumbled before I did this. This is also the same time that I noticed when one circuit gets fixed it can create a different issue, not surprised about that. I leaned toward it might be a TPS issue popping up. I am doing one thing at a time to keep this going in the right direction and avoid confusing my old hard head, but I haven't taken any TPS voltage readings yet. Instead, I took a detour and checked the transmission harness at the case plug, it was chewed all to hell. So I wired in a new pigtail hoping it MAY have something to do with the stumble(stranger sh^t has happened!). Tranny problems miraculously went away, shifts great, and it actually takes off in low gear now! Heck yeah!!
Stumble is still there. Lemme say this, the stumble is NOT there when first fired up cold and the car is in open loop, it will take off nice and smooth. At the present, the trouble codes I'm getting on -00 is 18 and 34.
18 - Injector driver circuit voltage to PCM was wrong for 4 seconds.
FIX - Wiring open circuit/short circuit to ground, supply wire, injectors, ECM
34 - MAP sensor signal voltage was too low (high vacuum) when engine speed was under 700 RPM, or when TPS was greater than 20% with an engine speed above 700 RPM.
FIX - Wiring open circuit/short circuit to ground, MAP sensor, ECM
I'm thinking I still have some open circuits with bad wiring to find. I do not have a FSM yet and I don't have a wiring diagram to look at, can someone in here throw any ideas my way on this? Thanks for all the help so far.
BTW, what is the relay on the firewall behind the under hood fuse block. The red lead coming out of the relay is TOAST! I need to find where that goes.