Toothed Belt Warning over and over
09-27-2011, 09:42 AM
#1
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Toothed Belt Warning over and over
I believe I may have a ground issue with my warning light wire. Hopefully someone can chime in here and give me an idea.
I have a Porkensioner on my car. I installed the ground loop per the instructions but the toothed belt warning light just keeps coming on.
After the initial delay after starting the engine, 3-4 minutes or so it comes on. I cancel it by pulling the stalk back. Then it will come on again after a minute or so, the again and again and again.
So is the best way to defeat this to just plug a wire directly in the plug that goes through the timing belt cover and ground right to the block?
Any suggestions or solutions that have worked for you?
I have a Porkensioner on my car. I installed the ground loop per the instructions but the toothed belt warning light just keeps coming on.
After the initial delay after starting the engine, 3-4 minutes or so it comes on. I cancel it by pulling the stalk back. Then it will come on again after a minute or so, the again and again and again.
So is the best way to defeat this to just plug a wire directly in the plug that goes through the timing belt cover and ground right to the block?
Any suggestions or solutions that have worked for you?
09-27-2011, 09:47 AM
#2
Have you checked the connections at the CE Panel, the senor wire passes through there and it was where my so mechanic grounded it on my car, he had cut the wire and grounded it to above the CE panel.
W25 brown and white wire on my 90S4.
The problem being .....I do NOT have a porkensioner.
W25 brown and white wire on my 90S4.
The problem being .....I do NOT have a porkensioner.
09-27-2011, 11:07 AM
#3
Team Owner
the sensor wire needs to grounded for the warning to not come on.
someone posted pictures of this with the wire being plugged in then to the dipstick mounting bolt,
then another jumper from the top of the tensioner bolt to the dipstick mount bolt.
someone posted pictures of this with the wire being plugged in then to the dipstick mounting bolt,
then another jumper from the top of the tensioner bolt to the dipstick mount bolt.
09-27-2011, 11:23 AM
#4
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I posted the picture of the wire per Ken's instructions. It hooks to the backside of the dipstick mounting bolt (under the timing belt cover) then you ground from the dipstick mounting bolt to the block. Either my connection has come off internally under the cover or there is a break in the harness somewhere.
I didn't know the warning would come up on the digi dash over and over and over. Thought it was a once and done thing. I may try to rig something up tonight based on what I get for feedback here.
I didn't know the warning would come up on the digi dash over and over and over. Thought it was a once and done thing. I may try to rig something up tonight based on what I get for feedback here.
09-27-2011, 09:07 PM
#5
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If any of the bolts securing the grounded wire are the least bit loose you will get an intermittent warning that seems to come back as fast as you re-set it. I have the final connection of the ground wire on the long tensioner mounting bolt. This bolt hole has damaged threads (that I intend to fix with a Timesert this weekend by the way) and over the course of a year the bolt will work loose to the point that the grounding of the warning circuit is just poor enough to trigger the warning over and over and over and over.....
Mike
Mike
