ca18det has spark turns over but not fuel

[demollitionman]

First of all thanks for reading and/or helping me out, I need help with my swap

A little bit of information on my car is an auto s13 chassis with a brand new wiringspecialities EFI harness and lower harness, the engine is from the japanese market and not european,

Now on to the problems car turns over but no combustion, has spark, has compression, fuel pump works but when i was troubleshooting I found out the injectors are the problem since the combustion chambers had no fuel whatsoever, I cut and soldered a dsm resistor on to the harness (possible problem??).

The car did sputter and ran on starting fluid (lol) for about 5 seconds, it revved to about 2k then died so im pretty certain fuel is the problem

The other suspect is the ecu itself since when i set the key to ignition it powers up and the green and red led stay on at the same time and when i switch the key to the off position the ecu stays on i have to pull the batery for it to turns off and if i plug it back on it stays off unless I turn the ignition back on, the car has been without an engine for about 6 month and with the ka24de it never had that problem...

HELP MEEE!!!!

[demollitionman]

I forgot to add that the engine and ecu are pretty much stock

[CaDet s13]

Something that is easy to check would be your fuel filter make sure its not clogged if it is get a new one. Your fpr could be shot too. And when you checked your fuel injectors are you sure they worked?

[demollitionman]

Something that is easy to check would be your fuel filter make sure its not clogged if it is get a new one. Your fpr could be shot too. And when you checked your fuel injectors are you sure they worked?

Yeah I tested the fuel pump and the fuel filter fuel does come out, i have yet to test the fpr however I had a fun day with my multimeter and the fsm as a guide, the dsm resistor works, the red wire going to the resistor has 12v, I also tested the injector plugs with a noid light and it failed I haven't tested the harness but since its a brand new wiring specialities harness i doubt its the harness and its the ecu thats screwed since it stays on without the ignition and accesories are off

my ecu PN is 23710 36f05 MEC d016-01 right now im looking for a ecu that works, can I use an EDM ecu? i guess i can use the 36f00 ecu??

anyone has one for sale??

[CaDet s13]

There were a few people parting out ca's less then a month ago in the engine/dribetrain classifieds they may still have an ecu up for grabs. Im not too good with elelectronics and was is interchangeable with them and what isnt. In the faq sticky in this section might give you some answers on that. There is alot of useful info in it

[boost_boy]

If the lights on your ecu stays on when you cut the ignition, you got a wiring problem. Your car isn't the first to do this and probably won't be the last. Until you figure out the cause of the ignition being kept on after the actual ignition switch has been switched to the off position, you're going to be in an uphill battle. Try to avoid the EDM ecu at all costs and fix the initial problem first which is the electrical drama within your engine bay. Good luck!

[demollitionman]

If the lights on your ecu stays on when you cut the ignition, you got a wiring problem. Your car isn't the first to do this and probably won't be the last. Until you figure out the cause of the ignition being kept on after the actual ignition switch has been switched to the off position, you're going to be in an uphill battle. Try to avoid the EDM ecu at all costs and fix the initial problem first which is the electrical drama within your engine bay. Good luck!

Lucky me lol

Well i Think its the egi relay Thats keeping the ecu online and i think its bad I Took it off and the ecu came on and off with the ignition Switch I still dont have injector pulse I do have 12v on the injectors from the resistors side.... how can i test if the injector ground from the ecu is working as intended

[float_6969]

The EGI relay is what provides power to the injectors, idle control valves, etc. IIRC. If you used a noid light, and you got nothing, either the wiring is bad (unlikely) or the ECU is bad.

This could also be a bad CAS, they like to do all kinds of crazy stuff when the fail.

Also, are you sure the cam timing is dead on and not off a tooth?