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Old Sep 26, 2012 | 03:05 PM
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Will having a deleted EGR without that egr electric eliminator plug cause a rich condition?
 
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Old Sep 27, 2012 | 07:52 AM
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Will having a deleted EGR without that egr electric eliminator plug cause a rich condition?
No, but you need to answer the questions I asked you in post 29.
 
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Old Sep 27, 2012 | 08:00 AM
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So you now have the 393 in there with a Mustang computer? What injectors are you using and what is the fuel pressure. Also have you checked to see if the FPR is leaking out the vacuum port? If it does it's shot and needs to be replaced.
Sorry I missed these questions. Yes I have the 393 with the a9L with #42 injectors at first but it was flooding out so I installed the 19#'s back in for the time being. Still had the same issues of to much fuel. As for the FPR, the stock one was new but to settle my curiousity with it I installed a bbk adjustable one at around 40 psi. I did swap out my MAP for a buddy's out off his 5.0 mustang and the truck seemed to run alittle bit better off once doing that. Still puffing black smoke like there was no tmrw though.
 
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Old Sep 29, 2012 | 09:24 AM
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UPDATE:

Last night i was tinking around under the hood trying to brain storm what could be going on. Pulled all the plugs and founded all to be pretty black to say the least. Except plugs number 2 and 6. Those were wet with fuel. Upon further inspection I found a clicking noise coming from injector 6 with key on engine off. Did some checking and came up with this. With key on engine off i'm getting 12 volts to the connector while the rest are at 0 volts like they are supposed to be without engine running. so that injector was clicking on with just the key on and possibly flooding out that cylinder. That leads me to believe I have a short to power somewhere in the harness from RJM or in the pcm.

My next step was this, start back probing the pcm 60 pin connector. So I started with injector 5. Readings were this, around 2.5-3 volts with key on and then once unplugging injector the voltage went to 0 volts. Same went on for injector 7 and 8 as well. Now here's the fun part. Back probed number 6, came up with readings of 1.5-2 volts key on, once unplugging injector i came up with -0.15 volts. That sounds like a grounding issue to me. Next i checked to see if I had a good pcm supply wire so I unplugged the 60 pin connector. Probed the #6 injector pin and unplugged #6 injector probing the same wire at the injector and came up with exactly 12 volts. so if i remember correctly that shows that the the green #6 inj wire is good no grounds in that wire correct?

I'm not the greatest with electrical issues. I need some help.
 
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Old Sep 29, 2012 | 11:13 AM
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The red wire on each injector should have +12v with the key on. The computer fires the injectors by grounding the other wire in each connector.
 
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Old Sep 29, 2012 | 12:12 PM
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its just weird how if you plug in the number 6 injector you can here the injector clicking like crazy. Then unplug it and it stops. Yet this is the only injector getting 12 volts with the key on. Could it be a short to ground?
 
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Old Sep 29, 2012 | 12:51 PM
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Every injector should be getting +12v with the key on. I doubt a short to ground would cause the injector to click randomly, I suppose it's possible though. Unplug the computer 60pin connection and see if the injector still clicks. If it doesn't, I'd suspect the computer is wired up incorrectly.
 
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Old Sep 29, 2012 | 01:31 PM
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The injectors use a duty cycle from the computer to fire which is why all should have +12v with key on.
 
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Old Oct 1, 2012 | 07:42 AM
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Ok just to clarify. With key on I should have 12 volts to each injector? As of now I only have one that has 12 volts to it and that injector clicks back and forth. That is also the cylinder thats spark plug is wet with fuel.
 
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Old Oct 1, 2012 | 09:16 AM
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Yes, you should have 12 volts to each injector.
 
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Old Oct 1, 2012 | 02:01 PM
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you should have 12v at each injector from the power wire on the injector to battery ground since the computer uses a ground side switch to fire the injectors
 
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Old Oct 2, 2012 | 07:30 AM
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ok i'll test them again tonight and see what I come up with on this. Thank you!
 
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Old Oct 2, 2012 | 05:57 PM
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Originally Posted by 1966Tbird
you should have 12v at each injector from the power wire on the injector to battery ground since the computer uses a ground side switch to fire the injectors
Ok tested them all and came up with 12 volts to each red wire. Then I tested the green number 6 wire and come up with .04 volts on that one. With the other injectors being 0 on the associated color wires. Then if you unplug the 60 pin connector the .04 drops to 0. So is this PCM related?
 
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Old Oct 2, 2012 | 07:12 PM
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Swapped in my buddys a9l like mine and problems stopped.
 
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Old Oct 2, 2012 | 11:31 PM
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Bad computer then. Also, you absolutely can not put in those 42lb/hr injectors without getting a tuner for your computer.
 
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