CantZme Posted September 8, 2007 Share Posted September 8, 2007 Well, it's been a 2 year ordeal and I still have almost no clue what I'm doing. I bought an MS v2.2 back in 2005 and have spent countless hours trying to run it on the l28et in my 260, but have never successfully started it. I've recieved help from mobythevan multiple times(much thanks), but it seems like I don't know enough about megasquirt or my car to be nosediving into this whole megasquirt deal. As the car sits, it won't start, and when I turn the key I get a fast clicking sound that I think might be coming from the injectors. My initial though was that the firmware was corrupt so using the easy them I tried reloading the firmware. Using the appropriate COM port and utilizing the bootloader I still get an error message stating a boot error. I'm kinda stuck, an ideas? I really just want to get this running and lay the smack down on some local ♥♥♥♥ talking EG6 hatches. Any information is helpful because I'm kind of lost at this point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ktm Posted September 8, 2007 Share Posted September 8, 2007 "when I turn the key I get a fast clicking sound that I think might be coming from the injectors" That is symptomatic of a bad solenoid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niner11 Posted September 8, 2007 Share Posted September 8, 2007 Even clicking injectors should be relatively quiet. If you have a battery charger hook it up. Put a voltmeter on the battery and see what you've got ( before hooking up the charger) and check out the simple stuff first. Like the battery cables and grounds. I just did a MSII install and had all kinds of problems that turned out to be external to the box itself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
naviathan Posted September 10, 2007 Share Posted September 10, 2007 Agreed, sounds like either a bad battery or a bad solenoid. As for the boot error, a bad battery not supplying enough voltage to the MS could cause unknown errors. Do you have a stim for it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mobythevan Posted September 10, 2007 Share Posted September 10, 2007 There are ways to mess up the flash in the processor chip so that you are no longer able to load firmware. There is a bootable section that is always loaded from Bowling/Grippo using a socket programmer for the 68HC processor chip. I am not saying that is what happened, just something fo you to check in to since it won't boot. If it happens you have to either send the chip back to someone with the socket programmer, or buy another processor. I thought about buying one of the programmers for $50, but I never corrupted the boot section of the code on a chip yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
proxlamus© Posted September 10, 2007 Share Posted September 10, 2007 clicking is from the starter.. ensure you have 12v + on the battery Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CantZme Posted September 11, 2007 Author Share Posted September 11, 2007 naviathan, i do not have a stim at the moment and i think u might be right about the battery. My battery doesn't seem to hold a charge and I need to recharge it everytime I mess with this thing. I will check all of the above mentioned this weekend as I don't have access to the car on the weekdays, thanks for all your help guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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