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Offline Gzee

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Bmw E30 M50 turbo not sparking
« on: July 19, 2012, 03:05:25 pm »
Hello all,
im currently right in the middle of a BMW E30 M50 turbo build, (non vanos, no EWS)
and i'v ran into a problem,
first of all the car span over,
the fuel pump primed,
the ICV was buzzing
but there was no fuel getting to the spark plugs,
and there was no spark,

so i'v changed the crankshaft sensor for a new one,
and now there is fuel getting to the plugs,
the injectors are ticking
but there is no spark,

The vems i'm using is a plug and play VEMS V3
which i bought new from Gunni here in the UK  ;)
1x VEMS ecu with 1x EGT input, 1x 36pin connector and pins, 1x 18pin connector and pins, 1x Bosch wideband sensor and wiring, 1x air temp sensor, 1 x EGT sensor

The ecu comes with a 300kpa map sensor good for 1.8bar boost.

The software for it is all up to date,

but in all honesty,
I dont have a clue how to work it (i'm just a driver)

i had it plugged into the laptop and had a look on the "log screen" and all that has came up is this.....



I'v shown this to gunni and he said this is not a problem as one gauge that can be configured, doesnt have description for it yet.


Can anyone help?
it's been 6 month in the making, and it's so close to just bursting into life

Cheers : )

« Last Edit: July 19, 2012, 03:41:53 pm by Gzee »

Offline gunni

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Re: Bmw E30 M50 turbo not sparking
« Reply #1 on: July 19, 2012, 07:11:33 pm »
Have  you done a log yet ?
That you can send to me maybe

Also where are you based exactly?

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Re: Bmw E30 M50 turbo not sparking
« Reply #2 on: July 19, 2012, 08:46:13 pm »
I think so  ???

send me you email again gunni and ill send some files over mate

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Re: Bmw E30 M50 turbo not sparking
« Reply #3 on: July 19, 2012, 10:04:44 pm »
Gunni I'v tried about 4 times to send you an email, but it keeps failing dude

Anywhoo
does this look right or have i done it wrong mate?
































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Re: Bmw E30 M50 turbo not sparking
« Reply #4 on: July 19, 2012, 10:11:31 pm »
I haven´t recieved any emails, what problems are you having with emailing me? trust me I get emails from people I don´t like even, So yours should definetely come through.

How did you determine it´s not getting
spark
fuel?


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Re: Bmw E30 M50 turbo not sparking
« Reply #5 on: July 19, 2012, 10:19:41 pm »
I haven´t recieved any emails, what problems are you having with emailing me? trust me I get emails from people I don´t like even, So yours should definetely come through.

How did you determine it´s not getting
spark
fuel?



lol I must be on your blocked list  ;D
the emails just get sent straight back dude...

Mail Delivery Subsystem [email protected]
9:52 PM (22 minutes ago)

to me
Delivery to the following recipient failed permanently:

     [email protected]

Technical details of permanent failure:
Google tried to deliver your message, but it was rejected by the recipient domain. We recommend contacting the other email provider for further information about the cause of this error. The error that the other server returned was: 550 550 bosauthsmtp15: Host 209.85.214.54: No unauthenticated relaying permitted (state 12).

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But the only files I have are the images i have just uploaded on here,
and i dont even know if their right or not.

I know there is no spark because i have pulled a plug to see if its sparking
but their not,
and there is no sign of there being a spark (new plugs)


My plan was..
to get it running on the base map you put on the vems,
drive it down from Newcastle to you to be remapped...

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Re: Bmw E30 M50 turbo not sparking
« Reply #6 on: July 20, 2012, 09:24:38 am »
email it to gunniran at gmail.com

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Re: Bmw E30 M50 turbo not sparking
« Reply #7 on: July 20, 2012, 11:52:43 am »
Gunni, have you received any emails at all today? from anyone?

I'v tried emailing you from both my email accounts and they just wont go through mate,
I'v even send the same email to myself, just to test if there was a problem on my end, but I received my email

This is from my hotmail acc..


This is an automatically generated Delivery Status Notification.

Delivery to the following recipients failed.

[email protected]

--Forwarded Message Attachment--
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: vems
Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2012 11:43:23 +0100


And my gmail acc.....




Delivery to the following recipient failed permanently:

     [email protected]

Technical details of permanent failure:
The email account that you tried to reach does not exist. Please try double-checking the recipient's email address for typos or unnecessary spaces. Learn more at http://support.google.com/mail/bin/answer.py?answer=6596

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 ???

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Re: Bmw E30 M50 turbo not sparking
« Reply #8 on: July 21, 2012, 03:02:21 am »
my bad totally,

it´s gunnirain at gmail.com

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Re: Bmw E30 M50 turbo not sparking
« Reply #9 on: July 22, 2012, 07:43:56 pm »
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0Bx0qNZeNxWOUUzRRUkNucmxpM0k/edit

Does this mean anything to anyone?
im totally confused, and just need to know what I have to do to get this working  :)

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Re: Bmw E30 M50 turbo not sparking
« Reply #10 on: July 26, 2012, 11:11:31 pm »
Problem solved  ;)
I do believe a couple of the ignition pins either were not where they were supposed to be, or just not wired in, (i think ..? )
But Gunni reconfigured the ECU for me and it burst into life, at the firs turn of the key

 ;D