At the end of my rope with this stinkin cis

[Huw Powell]

> I'm running cis-e in an 87 cgt, meter was hooked up in series with the 
> dpr The meter is always reading 1.01mA when the car is running or not, 
> warm or cold. if i disconnect the meter the car get's erratic, reconnect 
> the plug and it smooths out. if i switch the meter to the uA(micro amp) 
> range i can see slight variations+/- 2 uA. It should be in the 10 mA 
> range correct?

Correct...

> SHould i be hooking up the meter in parrallel? Could it 
> be screwing up the circuit?

The meter should be in series with the circuit.  But yours is broken, I 
think.  Try another one.  It also might not be the meter, it might be 
whatever harness, wires, or leads you are using to hook it up, too.

But I don't think a 1.01 mA reading whether the engine is *on or off* 
tells you anything about the engine.  I suspect that all you're doing is 
testing the test equipment, and it's failing.

-- 
Huw Powell

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