unable to use Idel valve test with motor not running

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bill
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unable to use Idel valve test with motor not running

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Hi All using tuner studio 2.6.18 and run into a small problem
i use the fuel pump relay as a main relay this enables the fuel pump and also provides power for coil ,injecters ,boost sol and idel valve . . ie anything that has a high current draw is fed thro this so that it is switched off if motor stops .
now i know that i have used the test idel valve function with a previous version of TS . to do this i go to inj / spk test page
and enable test mode ,then turn on fuel pump , i then open the page idel test enabel the idel test mode and ajust the output and watch the valve open and close . repeated this the other night on ver 2.6.18 when in idel /test page the software did not
enable the test mode for the idel valve . i try switching windows from the inj/spk test page back and forth to ensure i was in the correct page , and i could not get any response from the software when in the idel test page .
if i opend only the idel test page then it would let me ajust the values but with out the fuel pump relay energised it will not supply power to the valve .
to get over problem i feed valve with a seprate power feed to test .
but i am certain that the above worked for me before when i did the origonal install and test .

just noted that when i open TS to check version number we have just downloaded the .19 version so will check again when back with the car
regards Bill
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Re: unable to use Idel valve test with motor not running

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It is really your firmware family and version that matters here more than the TS version.
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Re: unable to use Idel valve test with motor not running

Post by bill »

good point ,forgot that. MS3 3.1.4
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