VEMS Community Forum
Technical => Wiring & Sensors => Topic started by: smurfinator on July 17, 2014, 08:41:33 pm
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I have had this car running for some years now, and sometimes when I turned on the ignition, the fuel pump would ignore the parameter to shut off after 2 seconds of no engine cycles.
Now I have rewired the entire thing to a very meticulous degree and the fuel pump NEVER shuts off after 2 seconds of no engine cycles.
I have checked and re-done all grounds and so on and so forth. I even put in a new p259 chip. The fan trigger and manifold trigger are on p259 and working. I have moved the fuel pump trigger to a spare p259 and had the same problem. Used a new relay for it....
What could cause this problem?
Thanks!
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Move the fuel pump relay control to a free driver for ignition or fuel injection.
In fac don't use the P259 for relays, in my experience it can and will break regardless of grounding and circumstances.
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Move the fuel pump relay control to a free driver for ignition or fuel injection.
In fac don't use the P259 for relays, in my experience it can and will break regardless of grounding and circumstances.
Thanks, I tried to use a stepper out and the fuel pump would run on ign-on but then turn off when the engine ran(!)
I'm also having a problem where I can't calibrate my new Oxygen sensor because terminal quits working after successful Man command...
Could all of this be related to the Belkin USB/serial converter I'm using? I notice that the fuel pump on p259 seems to act normal when my laptop is not plugged into the belkin cable converter.
Thanks in advance!
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Ok it seems like nothing works as it should when the laptop is hooked up to the VEMS with the belkin usb/serial dongle. p250 channels seem to conflict or all run at the same time. Stepper channel turns off when it should turn on.
Is this normal?
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Download latest/unstable VemsTune. Upgrade firmware. Start from there.
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Download latest/unstable VemsTune. Upgrade firmware. Start from there.
I appreciate the need for that, but it is WAY too big of a change for me to deal with right now. I am 7 years behind on update because the car just ran fine all that time and I need to nail down these simple things or determine if the board is fried.
Now, I have moved the fan and fuel pump to 7 amp output and they STILL do not behave correctly. I may not have those FETS installed, it actually occurs to me. Myt board is 8 years old I think.
But I know I have a Stepper chip and they didn't work with that either. Stupid question: To run relays off the stepper, should I choose channel "i##" instead of channel ## ( no "i").
Thanks! Is my board fried? I mean this stuff all used to work :P
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er, um, so are all of those outputs (stepper, 7amp) a negative (-) supply?
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I suspect this problem (topic title) could be related to the Belkin USB/serial converter dongle being connected to the VEMS even though it isn't powered up from the USB side. Will see soon...