At the end of my rope with this stinkin cis

[Brendan K. Walsh]

one thing i forgot, just for giggles i checked the resistance across the
wires was 4.4k ( i think) seems high, lends to the broken wire theory... or
bad component on the ecu. Best plan of action then would be to check each
wire, check the test harness, then pull the ecu and look for bad components?
(using a different meter)
thanks
brendan

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Huw Powell" <audi at humanspeakers.com>
To: "Brendan Walsh" <bkwalsh4201 at hotmail.com>
Cc: <quattro at audifans.com>
Sent: Sunday, March 21, 2004 6:27 PM
Subject: Re: At the end of my rope with this stinkin cis


>
> > 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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