CO mixture reading problems

[Brady Moffatt]

DJ,

How do you have the meter setup when checking for amps? It has to be in
series. And, you may also have to plug the probes into different jacks on
the meter in order to read amps.

Cheers,
Brady Moffatt
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
86 4kq with 306,000km
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----- Original Message -----
From: <CTDiesel at aol.com>


> I have been doing a lot of work on my 874kq.  I have used 4 different
digital
> multimeters and found one thing in common.  On the control pressure
actuator
> i cannot get a mA reading on any multimeter but if i switch to the ohms i
get
> a reading that "seems" very similar to a mA reading.  So i set to mixture
to
> 10(mA/ohms) fluctuating.  The reason i say the ohm reading "seems" the
same
> as the mA is that before i adjusted the mixture i pulled the connector to
the
> cpa and there was no engine idle change (at operating temp) then set up
the
> multimeter and no numbers until i leaned the mixture about 1/2 turn then
saw
> the numbers come in. After setting to ~10 when you unplug the connector
you
> hear the engine idle slow way down. But i cant check for 140mA at startup
for
> cold start.  So i know its working but how close to exact are we?
>
> Thoughts?
> DJ


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