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L-jetronic HELP!...stupid question?


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hey guys,

 

finally got the car running (for about three seconds at a time) and i have a few questions if ya dont mind. while testing the cold start valve for voltage, i decided to test the injectors as well just to make sure they where getting power.

well a few seconds later i was turning the key to the on position..to find that the injectors where getting power without cranking...this to me seems odd...s it would more than likely cause a rich/flooding condition as the motor is not being started...and fuel is being sprayed into the manifold anyway. i also noticed that both connectors for the injector where getting voltage...not just one. i thought that the injectors only got voltage when the ECU got a (-) coil trigger....and also thought that the injectors where supose to get power from only one side of the connector...not both ( as in one is ground...the other is +)

 

can someone please point me in the right direction!

 

thanks in advance!

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The injectors are connected to the + side of the battery (through fusible link and relay). The ECU will trigger them by applying a - to the other side of the injector bank (3 at a time, batch injection). To test the injector firing, put a test light to the side not connected to the +, and see if it pulses while cranking.

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  • 1 month later...

I had a time getting mine running after rebuilding....sounded like the same problem....

 

I accidentally leaned on the cold start injector while the g/f hit the key and it fired right up...as soon as I took my hand off it...it would shut off...even after warming up..

 

So I just took all the injector wires off again and cleaned them all...worked fine after that..but it didn't want to run very good if the CSI was unplugged.. :confused:

 

For some reason that FI system did not act like the other one I had...I think the '78 FI was the one what acted funny...the one on the '77 had quite a few differences..

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