[V6-12v] all quiet on the AUDI Front

[James4ihl at aol.com]

Elliot --

Thanks for that, I'm glad my connector is 'normal'! I'm still puzzled by the 
maximum resistance value not being quite to spec though, although I don't 
really see how the WOT spec being out would affect a problem in the part throttle 
range...

Thanks anyway!
James

In a message dated 28/3/04 4:08:27 am, epotter at eep.burdell.org writes:


> This is normal.  The pinout goes:
> Pin 1 - potentiometer leg three (-> ECU)
> Pin 2 - potentiometer leg one (connected to ground)
> Pin 3 - potentiometer leg two (wiper -> ECU)
> Pin 4 - idle switch leg 1 (connected to ground)
> Pin 5 - empty
> Pin 6 - idle switch leg 2 (-> ECU)
> 
> To me it would have made more sense, if you have a free pin, to separate
> the idle switch from the potentiometer, or the two grounds from the
> signal pins, but whatever.  Normally, goofiness like this is associated
> with some evolution from the 20v MPI system, but in this case the 20v
> MPI system operates the same way, with five pins.  My guess is that it
> was just easier to get ahold of a connector with an even number of pins.
> 
> hth
> --
> Elliott