Kim

Hi Electrical Gurus.

I'm working on an FD which is giving me a friggin headache.
Problem is: As soon as i turn on the headlights, engine shuts off immidiately.
Also I just noticed that the Fuel Pump Relay is clicking if I have the lights on(engine off) and use the left turn signal.
Short vid. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UsVozJPwrk

When I got the car, it had a fried front wireing loom, I replaced that and wired the headlights via relays, now you may think that could be the culprit, but no - engine also dies if I wire them back into the original loom. And this way I think less current would be drawn on the harness hence lees work for the EL-Unit - Right ?

I've been looking for the EL-Control Unit and so far this is what i've found.
http://i25.tinypic.com/280qpfn.jpg

I realise that it looks different than US models, this is a Japanese car and obviously the US manual is not helping me as the pin-out is different.

Thanks in advANCE

evilg

Hi Kim,

Not sure if this will help you, but I had a similar problem, and the root cause may be the same.

I did a FMIC swap into my RX7 and during that process, I disconnected the two front ground connectors, and forgot to bolt them back to the chassis. (The ones that each have around 5 -7 seven small black wires into a cream coloured plastic terminal block, with a piece of metal with a bolt hole in out sticking out the top)

Anyway car started up fine, but as soon as I turned on any electrical load (lights, wipers etc) the engine died.

--- I would check out your grounds, they may be not be bolted to the chassis if you changed out your loom.

(This was a Japanese model rx7 too)

edit: that unit in the picture doesn't look like the main ECU .... you will find that unit under a plastic panel on the left side of the passenger footwell (passenger side being the left side of a JDM vehicle)

Hope this helps in some way, and if it does, post back here and let us know!

Kim

Thanks EvilG

It was infact the two grounding point you mentioned.



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