Crooked Dealer?

[ae2598 at wayne.edu]

Maybe a good experiment to prove to them (and yourself) that the ECM is
not responsible for the ignition would be to remove the ECM entirely and
crank it over on go-juice?  If you got the same type of response from the
motor, there'd be no pretending that the ECM was responsible for the
sparks.

Maybe a better way of doing the same thing would be to pull a wire, stick
a plug in it, ground the outer electrode, and crank it.  Pull the ECM and
repeat.

Just curious, if this is a theft repair, wouldn't the complete repair be
covered by your insurance, even if the ECM of fuel pump or whatever is
bad?  Let 'em replace whatever they want!

On Fri, 26 Jan 2001, Jeremy Gonyou wrote:

> 
> Wow, thanks for all the responses!  That really gave me the vote of 
> confidence to believe that I'm not an idiot.
> 
> To clear things up, I couldn't do a whole lot of troubleshooting because the 
> car is stuck at the dealer's until the insurance adjuster shows up.  I did 
> manage to ground the A and B ALDL terminals, but the car wouldn't flash 
> codes *or* 12.  I listened for the fuel pump during "key on", but heard 
> nothing.
> The dealer's argument is that fuel pump *has* to be pumping because there is 
> 30 PSI in the lines - but 30 psi isn't enough to start it.  The fuel pump 
> created that pressure, because the pressure guage would have released all 
> residual pressure (which is like saying your tires go flat when you check 
> them)
> 
> Dealer also said that the car would not run on carb cleaner if it wasn't 
> getting fire, so the ecm must be working.  You all proved that false.
> 
> So I guess, I'll get my car back and call them all liars!
> 
> Jeremy
> (feeling less stupid and more cheated)
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