I wish you lived closer; I would come help you out.

 

It's okay cool man ...when it comes down to it what would really help me is some money lol ..Thanks tho.

 

lol I know that feeling.

 

Ok so I'm not pulling any code which is weird because my cel comes on randomly sometimes... I thought whatever code triggered CEL to come on was stored in ecu?

 

How did you try to pull codes?

 

Jumper wire from single green connector near battery to neg. Battery terminal. Key on. And nothing.

But I have noticed recently when I put key in on position not all of idoit lights show up just a couple.

Are all of them supposed to come on?

 

Most are to come on except the parking brake light and perhaps another light.

 

Well cel does not come on ...

Could I test my omp? and maybe timing has somthing to do with my issue?

 

You could pull a plug to the TPS for example and see if the CEL works or not.

 

I'll check it out.. in the morning

 

Ok so I have not really been driving the car because this issue...just starting it every night when I get home maybe drive around the block.
but I did take it out yesterday an it's still doing it long enough for the problems to start..misfiring almost stalling out now..(not surprising considering I have not done much to fix it over past month did not expect it to be fixed)

I changed the oil and noticed the old oil smelled like fuel alot!

What could this indicate related to my misfiring issue? too much fuel??

 

Buying some used injectors this week then sending them to be cleaned hopefully this fixes or at least narrows down my issue...

 

Pm me. This is easier over the phone

 

leave the jumper on the green connector, if a code triggers it will immediately spit out the code. these ECUs do not store codes so the problem has to be happening at the time the ECU does the self diagnostic. in cases of intermittent issues it can be a pain to get codes.

 

Yeah I figured I couldn't pull any codes because of the intermittent tho I have no seen it on in a month or so .....
so I ordered used injectors to be cleaned
intake manifold gaskets
Vacuum tubing
New belts

So I can re ground main ecu ground and replace that stuff as I go....... anything else worth replacing for my issue while I have manifold off?

 

clean the auxiliary ports and double check the ECT wiring, the ECT can cause intermittent drivability issues without a code.

 

Thanks I appreciate the help will let you guys know how it goes I'm slow moving, working and have not been driving the car.

 

I don't remember if your motor is an S5 or not but if it is, I have an excellent writeup on how to completely rejuvenate the aux port system I can send you in a GoogleDoc. It serves me no purpose, as I have long since discarded my aux port sleeves. It's a good idea if you still run them especially if you still have air pump.

 

That would be amazing if you can.

 

Before work I did some poking around under the hood and spotted this:


Could this be the ecu ground? Black , black and white stripe wires..... I read somewhere during rebuild and such(which according to PO was) that it could be moved around ..

Or is this a different ground?

Sorry about scrappy kindle pics btw..

 

Also wires on the plug on my secondary injectors are cut right at the plug well not cut but expose metal from the wire ..

Is that normal from people probing it? Or could that cause my intermittent misfire!?!?

 

The wires should be encased and not have visible parts of the wire exposed.

 

how can I fix it? strip the wires and just slip them back into the plug or is it more complicated than that?

Front wire is green and white
Rear injector wire is green and red

 

Perhaps some shrink wrap if it fits.

 

The exposed wire is literally right at the base of the plug like it dry rotted and cracked for being moved around..so I dont think shrink wrap will work