Re: Fire went out!

["Bernard Littau" <bernardl@acumenassociates.com>]

>On the V8Q you don't even need it for starting.  Having left
>mine disconnected when I changed the timing belt I've BTDT.
>Must be a default in the ECU or something that allows the
>engine to start/run sans Hall Sender?


OK, I'll bite.  How can the car run/start without the Hall Effect Sensor?

As far as I am aware (read: Bronco, Bronco II) the hall effect sensor
triggers the timing much as the points would on a less modern vehicle.  On
the Broncos, you set the timing by twisting the distributor, as you would on
a points system.  In either case, failure of the hall effect sensor means
doom for the car running or starting.

Where do these fine v8q and 5000's get any timing information in the absence
of the hall effect sensor?  Why would there be a difference between running
and starting?

Bernard Littau
Woodinville, WA
sans Audi