3.2 Carrera Race Car Miss. Need help.
#17
What is happening to the air/fuel ratio when the miss/stumble occurs?
Have you verified that the fuel pressure AND volume are OK?
The suggestion about the cylinder head temp sensor is not a bad one.
Have you verified that the fuel pressure AND volume are OK?
The suggestion about the cylinder head temp sensor is not a bad one.
#18
Battery and Alternator charging system? Has that been double checked? Try a different battery? I'm just looking for things that may not have been tested yet, you seem to have looked at all the obvious stuff already.
Does the tach act up at the time the failure occurs? If the DME re-boots for power loss or issues that tach will drop to 0RPMs for a moment.
Does the tach act up at the time the failure occurs? If the DME re-boots for power loss or issues that tach will drop to 0RPMs for a moment.
#19
#20
Update;
Tach does not move unusually during miss. Yesterday morning we changed the speed and reference sensors, again.... It seemed much better. Almost gone? However we only had one 17 minute session before the day ended. Next time on track is Friday. Fingers crossed.
Thanks again for all the input.
Tach does not move unusually during miss. Yesterday morning we changed the speed and reference sensors, again.... It seemed much better. Almost gone? However we only had one 17 minute session before the day ended. Next time on track is Friday. Fingers crossed.
Thanks again for all the input.
#21
Update;
Tach does not move unusually during miss. Yesterday morning we changed the speed and reference sensors, again.... It seemed much better. Almost gone? However we only had one 17 minute session before the day ended. Next time on track is Friday. Fingers crossed.
Thanks again for all the input.
Tach does not move unusually during miss. Yesterday morning we changed the speed and reference sensors, again.... It seemed much better. Almost gone? However we only had one 17 minute session before the day ended. Next time on track is Friday. Fingers crossed.
Thanks again for all the input.
#22
One other thought here:
What is the ignition system being used? The DME has a drive transistor for the coil that is current limited at about 12AMPs and if more than this current is seen it shuts down the current.
I've also seen some CDI units cause a lot of electrical noise that interferes with the DME. The worse I've seen is the MSD product line, not sure why but those boxes seem to induce a lot of noise via the input trigger line.
What's the ignition system?
What is the ignition system being used? The DME has a drive transistor for the coil that is current limited at about 12AMPs and if more than this current is seen it shuts down the current.
I've also seen some CDI units cause a lot of electrical noise that interferes with the DME. The worse I've seen is the MSD product line, not sure why but those boxes seem to induce a lot of noise via the input trigger line.
What's the ignition system?
#23
I re-read what you wrote in post #1:
'-Seems to appear soon after a shift, or after getting off the throttle.'
One possibility is a idle switch that is sticking closed? But you said it also happened with the other motor so I'm not sure this makes sense. But if that switch did stick closed from a moment it would cause hesitation. You could try unplugging the switch and take a lap or two, but doing this will cause the engine to idle high and also never enter fuel cutoff on decel, neither really matters much on the track anyway.
Just sharing my thoughts on the internals of the DME and possible causes.
'-Seems to appear soon after a shift, or after getting off the throttle.'
One possibility is a idle switch that is sticking closed? But you said it also happened with the other motor so I'm not sure this makes sense. But if that switch did stick closed from a moment it would cause hesitation. You could try unplugging the switch and take a lap or two, but doing this will cause the engine to idle high and also never enter fuel cutoff on decel, neither really matters much on the track anyway.
Just sharing my thoughts on the internals of the DME and possible causes.
#27