So me and my dad are working on our second 3800sc swap. First one went fine with no issues but his car will only start with starting fluid. Getting spark but it seems we are not getting injector pulses while cranking. Once it kicks with the starting fluid, the fuel injectors take over and all is well and runs like a champ. I have tried researching if maybe the ECM gets a different signal to fire the injectors during crank but I cannot find anything. Everything else seems to work flawlessly and we are hoping to get some miles on it before the weather turns cold. Please Help!
Unless you try to diagnose your problem with a quality scanner or scanning software, you are working in the blind. No fuel at the injectors can mean any one of a dozen or more things could be wrong..
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Did a little work on the he car. I used an app on my phone with one of those bluetooth obd2 scanners, not the best but it gives me data. Seems like everything is working the way it should once we get it running but it still doesn't get any injector pulse while cranking. Also, there are no codes when I checked.
Another thing I tried since I have my working 3800 fiero to try to diagnose my dads is we swapped my ICM into his car and there is no change and also put my PCM into his car and there is no change. Tried putting his into my working car too and mine starts and runs fine. So doesnt seem there is a ICM or PCM that is bad.
It actually seems to work really well once its started with starting fluid. Gets up to 185 or so and coolant fan kicks on, car moves around the driveway fine.
Biggest question is what controls the injectors only during cranking though?
I dont have a light but I did have a spare fuel injector that I plugged in to the harness when cranking. I did put 12v to it before to make sure it worked. It did nothing plugged into harness. I also checked ohms across each injector and all were right around 12. Fuel pressure is 40 key on not running and there is no leak down. It is also around 40 when running.
I am assuming you would be able to tell if the spare injector was firing during crank, so another thought has VATS been disabled on the PCM you are using?
I read about VATS being a problem that could cause something like this. That's the biggest reason I put the PCM from my running swap into my dads car. Same no start with a known correct PCM. Just for good measure I put his in my car and it started and ran fine also.
Only difference between the 2 cars is my is manual and his is auto using the 4t65 that came with the engine.
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Ok that helps rule out VATS. There are several codes that need to be disables for it to run well on the manual but none of them should prevent startup.
How did you test with the spare injector to know it was firing when cranking?
I should be able to hear it when cranking and also feel it click but it does not do it when cranking. I know it's kind of a crappy way to test it and I should just do it with a bulb.
Yes the PCM was setup for the fiero swap
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