Hi Eric, I'm having very similar issues for the 2nd time, last time it was fixed by retouching the solder on the connector pins on the ECU, MAP box and Keypad. It started happening this time a few weeks ago, 1 hour into a 3500km drive to the Spanish GP. Same thing every morning until we warmed up the floor with the exhaust ;-) Until then, the car would die every few minutes and I'd yell at my passenger to stomp the floor and off we would go again.
Steve On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 5:42 PM, Eric McCord <[email protected]> wrote: > Surge turned out to just be a vacuum leak. > > Bruce - I already built a new cable. So that option seems unlikely. > > Ray - Unfortunately I lost my Link interface box years ago. > > Bill - Last fall I was talking with Kieth and he had me do as you instruct. > It rebooted. I was hoping the surge and reboots occurring at the same time > would have help me isolate the problem, but that isn't the case. We are > getting rain for the next few days so I will look at the wiring again next > chance I get. > > Eric > > > On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 10:04 AM, Bill Cardell <[email protected]> wrote: > >> As Ray said, datalogs would help a lot. Something simple you can do is >> select any window other than rpm in the keypad and leave it there while >> you're driving. If the car cuts out, look at the keypad before you turn the >> key off. Is it still in the window where you left it or is it now in rpm? If >> rpm window, it means you have rebooted, so start looking at power and >> grounds. Wiggle tests can help, as can a multimeter that gives you max/min >> measurements so you can drive with the meter on say the 12v supply and then >> look at the meter if the car dies to see if you have lost the 12v. >> >> >> Bill Cardell >> TurboDog's Dad >> Flyin' Miata >> 1-800-359-6967 (sales) >> 970-464-5600 (tech support) >> www.flyinmiata.com >> www.fmwestfield.com >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> *From:* [email protected] [mailto: >> [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Eric McCord >> *Sent:* Tuesday, June 07, 2011 12:53 AM >> *To:* List, Miata Power >> >> *Subject:* 91 Link FM2 cutting out and surging..... >> >> ok.....I finally got my 91 back out on the road. I have the WB02 installed >> and all seemed well on the drive into work (35 miles). No surging at idle >> and no cutting out while driving. When I started home after work the ECU >> drop outs started and the surging is back. >> >> I had the Link out earlier and checked for cold solder joints....none >> found. I reseated the chip and checked all the connections at the ECU. What >> could cause both the hunting for idle and dropping out the ECU causing the >> engine to die? I am thinking a ground problem, but I wanted to float this >> out to the collective to see if there is some other explanation. >> >> Eric >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Miatapower mailing list > [email protected] > http://list.miatapower.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/miatapower > >
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