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Old Sep 9, 2008 | 03:39 PM
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89 formula 5.0 TPI a4, its running on the driver side 4 cylinders, getting spark and fuel any ideas?
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Old Sep 9, 2008 | 03:46 PM
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Are you sure you're getting fuel in those non-firing four cylinders? IIRC, TPI systems are bank fire.
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Old Sep 9, 2008 | 03:52 PM
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yeah its getting fuel, do you think it could be a grounding issue? thanks for the help by the way!
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Old Sep 9, 2008 | 04:12 PM
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Are you sure you're getting fuel in those non-firing four cylinders? IIRC, TPI systems are bank fire.
whats "IIRC"
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Old Sep 9, 2008 | 05:01 PM
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anyone?
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Old Sep 9, 2008 | 05:16 PM
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I would check for loose grounds and make sure the injectors are getting a signal from the computer.
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Old Sep 9, 2008 | 06:50 PM
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yeah, thats what I'm thinking. We just replaced the computer recently.
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Old Sep 9, 2008 | 07:45 PM
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Originally Posted by carbonfiberbird
whats "IIRC"
If I remember correctly
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Old Sep 9, 2008 | 09:10 PM
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Check the injector circuit fuse under the hood, there are two of them, on for each bank.
Mine shorted out behind the pass side head after a trans swap. The wire didnt look bad until you pulled off all of the loom off of the harness and looked real close. I had to pull the intake to get to it.
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yeah I'm gonna check a couple suggested things tomarrow at work thanks guys, and when I find it I will post what the problem was.
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Good luck and let us know what you find. I'm always interested in stuff like this just for the knowledge.
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You need to post this on thirdgen.org
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Old Sep 10, 2008 | 04:57 PM
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You need to post this on thirdgen.org
thats what I did, we finally found it! It was the Injector 2 fuse. Something simple we just over looked but still really happy its done! Thanks for all the help guys
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Old Sep 10, 2008 | 07:33 PM
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Glad to see you found it, hope it doesnt blow again due to a short somewhere though.
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