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| Water Injection Newb Join Date: May 2005
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I have a Regal GS. I installed the alcohol, connected the controller to the power drop, and grounded the pump on the neg. battery terminal. Everything was fine for a day, except that DIC boost guage showed more boost (2-5 pounds more). Then, I was driving on a highway, and gave it some gas to pass someone, boost guage showed 0.0, I looked over at the controller, and it seemed to be completely dead (no power). I got home, "restarted" the car, and boostguage started showing numbers again, and controller had the power light again. *Yay* Sadly, after this, whenever there's "boost", the controller starts blinking yellow. I checked the pump (works), changed the ground wire. Checked the plugs on the pump, replaced the wire going from pump to controller, and even hooked up the controller to battery on the powerdrop. Still the same results. p.s i took off my supercharger belt, and then revved the car, the controller did not blink (obviously lack of boost, but i was curious) Any suggestions? |
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| DevilsOwn Staff Join Date: Apr 2005
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Your throwing one of the controllers protection features Either low current Overcurrent Thermal protection Improper connection If the controller lost power during operation you have a wire grounded out on something. If your Boost numbers disappear when the controller is hooked up to your MAP sensor but not getting power you will not display boost. I had this problem the other day. My pump wire had moved over against the altenator pulley and was stripped down and grounding out on the pulley. It also blew my powerdrop fuse. I lost power to the controller and mY DIC would no longer display boost. I would check the powerdrop fuse, Ensure no wires have become damage from laying on a manifold, touching a moving part, or were stripped exposing the wires when pushing them through the fire wall. Also check the plug in's on top of the pump and make sure they are nice and tight. I'll PM you my # So you can call with further questions. |
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