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2000 MITSUBISHI GALANT
125,000 MILES • 3.0L • 6 CYL • 2WD • AUTOMATIC
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RUSSELL MONTAGUE
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Car was purchased not running. Previous owner said it ran a little hot before being parked a year ago. It has fire on all six cylinders, getting fuel, and has compression.
Timing looks good.
Could it be the alarm? There is no green light at all with key symbol on panel , ever. Could the car get spark and the other two if alarm was triggered ?
My machine gets no signal at all when hooked up. Very strange.
Dec 25, 2017 at 12:56 AM
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About the only thing you are missing is fuel injector action. So, to begin, check the "dedicated fuse #13" in the engine compartment relay center, left side under hood. It should be hot on both sides of the fuse all the time. If it is, and you have no voltage to the red wires at the fuel injectors with the key on run, try a new MFI relay or swap one in that will fit and the same type. It is located on that engine compartment relay center.
If you do have voltage to the injectors, then you must be missing the pulse, so check the ECM fuses. That may also be why you get a scan tool or code reader error not connecting. Check the "dedicated fuse #4" it powers the ECM. It is also in that engine compartment relay center. The other power feed is the same one as that "dedicated fuse #13" in the engine compartment relay center.
Dec 25, 2017 at 6:40 AM
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RUSSELL MONTAGUE
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I have checked most of the relays, and the fuel is coming out of the line. but should it not be spraying out with a little force?
Dec 25, 2017 at 9:25 AM
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Also, that fuse (20 amp ) was blown. I replaced it, but it blew for a reason most likely.
Dec 25, 2017 at 9:29 AM
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Yeah, the fuel pressure should be over 38 psi.
The fuse can blow if anything on that fuse's circuit is drawing too many amps. Or the fuse could have just been bad. If it never blows again, do not worry about it. If it blows again, first try a new MFI relay. If it still blows, then let me know cause then you will need to stick an ammeter into that fuse socket and see what the amp draw is then start disconnecting each item one at a time until the ammeter drops well below 20 amps.
Since there are so many things that fuse feeds you may want to start with retrieving trouble codes, once you get a tool to connect.
Dec 25, 2017 at 9:50 AM
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I have a Solus Pro Scanner but it says no codes. Weird. But thanks and any information would be grateful. Merry Christmas.
Dec 25, 2017 at 10:25 AM
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At first you said, "My machine gets no signal at all when hooked up. Very strange", now you say, "I have a Solus Pro Scanner but it says no codes. Weird.'
No signal is like a no communication but if it says no codes, then it is communicating, it is just that there are no codes.
If the fuel pump is on that fuse's circuit, that may indeed be the problem for both, not enough fuel pressure and also blowing the fuse, if the fuel pump is either shorted or the fuel pump power feed wire has a short and the fuel pump is not getting enough voltage.
Actually it is not on that same fuse.
Dec 25, 2017 at 11:16 AM
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The car does not even sputter with starting fluid in the intake, nothing at all. I am loosing hair trying to figure it out. Lol
But there is compression and spark on all six cylinders. The machine will not read any codes on the car, it is just mind boggling to me.
Dec 25, 2017 at 11:47 AM
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The only thing it could be is spark plugs fouled with gasoline. Remove them all and either clean them off with some carburetor cleaner and let them dry or if they are old, just replace them and try the starting fluid again if it does not start up immediately.
Dec 25, 2017 at 5:24 PM
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The 13 fuse has no power nor do a few others.
Dec 25, 2017 at 9:37 PM
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I have tried the cleaning spark plugs and the fluid, nothing.
The fuses are not getting enough juice maybe ? # 13, 14, 4, 16 , and also I pulled the front ECU and it shows a strong glow on the test light for the first and second set of prongs, but the third barely lights up my test light? Each of the injectors are getting power, and the pump relay is getting power. Any idea why those fuses may be getting no power? And not enough power?
Dec 26, 2017 at 5:42 AM
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That sounds like a short circuit within that engine compartment fuse relay box. They are all a direct feed right from the battery positive post. If just a few have no or low voltage and some have 12 volts, then obviously the power is making it to that box, it is just not making it all the fuse socket within the box. Most likely there is some shorted or melted parts inside that box.
Dec 26, 2017 at 6:11 AM
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So as long as the key is in the on position then all of the fuses or sockets should light up correct?
And how about the ECU , should it have the same voltage on all three sets of prongs? Thanks
Dec 26, 2017 at 6:18 AM
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No, some fuses only light up when the key is on start, but most of those fuses the key does not have to be on at all.
The ECU or PCM as it is called nowadays has a few power feeds. They are pin 66 a red/black wire, that comes from dedicated fuse #4 in the engine compartment relay box. Then there is pins 41 and 47, 2 red wires which are spliced together and come from that MFI relay and before that dedicated fuse #13.
They all should have 12 volts, with the key on run. Although the fuses are hot all the time with 12 volts.
Some of them you are checking at the PCM might be the ones that are only supposed to have 5 volts, like to power sensors. That may be why they appear low, but that is normal.
Dec 26, 2017 at 6:41 AM
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How are your fuel injectors getting voltage if that dedicated fuse #13 has no power?
Dec 26, 2017 at 6:47 AM
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Thanks I will check it out, but if the injectors are hot and the relay to the pump is hot should it be between the fuse box and the pump somewhere ? If there is no signal at the pump fuse ?
Dec 26, 2017 at 6:51 AM
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I think we are talking about the wrong fuse #13.
There is a dedicated fuse #13 in the underhood relay center that is for the MFI relay and the fuel injectors, as well as the PCM and numerous sensors.
Then there is the multi-purpose fuse #13 in the junction box, behind left side of dash, that is for the malfunction indicator lamp. Is that the fuse #13 you are referring to or the one under the hood?
Dec 26, 2017 at 7:03 AM
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The fuse feeds the fuel pump relay and then the fuel pump relay feeds the fuel pump. There is no fuse in between the relay and the pump.
Dec 26, 2017 at 7:12 AM
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There is one other possibility since you said you have spark on all six cylinders, the compression is good, spark plugs are not gas fouled and it will not even start on starting fluid is that the firing order is wrong.
I see this has a distributor, and that firing order is simple to remember 123456, with #1 cylinder being on the front passenger side.
Dec 26, 2017 at 7:16 AM
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So the number 13 under hood could not be my problem, getting no power?
Dec 26, 2017 at 7:19 AM
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Oh, I see now that ECU, I thought you meant PCM. Sorry.
Okay, so back to no voltage at that #13 dedicated fuse under the hood. If there is no voltage to that fuse, then again how could your fuel injectors be hot?
Dec 26, 2017 at 7:25 AM
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1,3,5 under intake. 2,4,6 outside.
Dec 26, 2017 at 7:28 AM
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What are you saying?
Dec 26, 2017 at 7:34 AM
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1,4,5,6,13,14,16, none of those light up the test light. I used the same light to test the red wire on injectors. All injectors made it shine. The relay (p) also made it glow.
Dec 26, 2017 at 7:53 AM
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Half of the plugs are under the intake, which are 1, 3,5.
Dec 26, 2017 at 7:55 AM
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I am going to assume you do not have a good ground on your test light.
Use the same ground spot you used when testing the fuel injectors or the negative battery post and tell me again if those fuses have power or not.
Dec 26, 2017 at 8:02 AM
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Okay. from negative cable as my ground. I am now getting no light at injectors. But the fuses are now lighting up.
Dec 26, 2017 at 8:25 AM
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What? How can that be?
Is this a 12 volt test light?
Did you remember to turn the key to run when testing the fuel injectors?
Dec 26, 2017 at 8:27 AM
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My wife had us hooked up to positive cable.
Dec 26, 2017 at 8:29 AM
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Oh, okay, how about now what do you get with hooked to negative cable?
Dec 26, 2017 at 8:37 AM
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No fire to injectors, relay is getting fire and fuse is hot as well.
Dec 26, 2017 at 8:44 AM
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That MFI relay has two spots that need voltage. Then of course it needs a ground.
Does that relay even click when you first turn the key to run?
Did you try a new MFI relay yet or try swapping it yet?
Dec 26, 2017 at 8:57 AM
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There is a clicking sound somewhere in the fuse box, I did swap the relay.
Dec 26, 2017 at 9:15 AM
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Put your finger tips on that relay and feel if it clicks or not when someone else first turns the key to run.
Dec 26, 2017 at 9:24 AM
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Yes sir it clicks.
Dec 26, 2017 at 9:26 AM
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Do you have voltage at any of the other spots that red wire from the MFI relay feeds with the key on run, the pins 41 and 47 of the PCM, the camshaft position sensor, two red wires at the idle air control motor on throttle body, the volume air flow sensor near the air cleaner cover, the crankshaft position sensor, just to name a few?
Dec 26, 2017 at 9:35 AM
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Check the fusible link 7, too in that under hood relay box. Because it feeds the ignition switch and eventually the ignition coil.
Dec 26, 2017 at 9:39 AM
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Okay, with the key on, I get power to injectors, MAF cam shaft sensor.
Dec 26, 2017 at 9:44 AM
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So now you do have voltage to the injectors? You just said you did not.
What is going on here?
Dec 26, 2017 at 9:47 AM
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She did not have the key on.
Dec 26, 2017 at 9:48 AM
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With the key on the number 7 has no power to it.
Dec 26, 2017 at 9:51 AM