Preventing ignition

[JFP in PA]

Originally Posted by blue62

I tried to get that through to him I guess he didn't get it.

Sometimes, people only hear what they want to hear. It's his car and his money, so he is free to do whatever he pleases, but I often wish people would learn to think like doctors when working on these cars: First, do no harm..........

[blue62]

Originally Posted by JFP in PA

Sometimes, people only hear what they want to hear. It's his car and his money, so he is free to do whatever he pleases, but I often wish people would learn to think like doctors when working on these cars: First, do no harm..........

Spot on......

[piper6909]

Originally Posted by JFP in PA

Sometimes, people only hear what they want to hear. It's his car and his money, so he is free to do whatever he pleases, but I often wish people would learn to think like doctors when working on these cars: First, do no harm..........

Being an impartial observer, I don't exactly think that's the case here. SFK was inquiring about the fuse that fed both the ignition AND the fuel injectors. It doesn't necessarily mean he didn't understand or listen to what Blue said about fuel in the cylinders.

Now here's MY take, and please tell me if I'm wrong:
1) The car was sitting all winter, so I seriously doubt there's any significant fuel pressure in the system anyway. Just pulling the fuel pump fuse or relay should suffice.

2) Even if there IS fuel pressure, and here's where SFK's question comes into play, if the fuse that powers the injectors is pulled, then the injectors can't pulse and inject fuel into the cylinders anyway. Correct?

[JFP in PA]

Originally Posted by piper6909

Being an impartial observer, I don't exactly think that's the case here. SFK was inquiring about the fuse that fed both the ignition AND the fuel injectors. It doesn't necessarily mean he didn't understand or listen to what Blue said about fuel in the cylinders.

Now here's MY take, and please tell me if I'm wrong:
1) The car was sitting all winter, so I seriously doubt there's any significant fuel pressure in the system anyway. Just pulling the fuel pump fuse or relay should suffice.

2) Even if there IS fuel pressure, and here's where SFK's question comes into play, if the fuse that powers the injectors is pulled, then the injectors can't pulse and inject fuel into the cylinders anyway. Correct?

Two things: I saw nothing in his original question that would indicate the car was "sitting all winter", and we have seen cars that have been sitting for very long periods that did have pretty substantial residual pressure in the fuel system. By spec, the car should hold around 55 PSIG pressure for long periods while sitting..

You are correct that pulling the fuse for the injectors should prevent fuel flow, but as we do not know the reasons why the op is even doing this test, the general systems condition of the vehicle, or how technical he or she is; bleeding off the pressure first is simply a guarantee that they will not create other problems while completing whatever they are working on.

[piper6909]

Originally Posted by JFP in PA

Two things: I saw nothing in his original question that would indicate the car was "sitting all winter", and we have seen cars that have been sitting for very long periods that did have pretty substantial residual pressure in the fuel system. By spec, the car should hold around 55 PSIG pressure for long periods while sitting..

You are correct that pulling the fuse for the injectors should prevent fuel flow, but as we do not know the reasons why the op is even doing this test, the general systems condition of the vehicle, or how technical he or she is; bleeding off the pressure first is simply a guarantee that they will not create other problems while completing whatever they are working on.

Yeah, if they would have said from the onset that the car sat in storage for months, AND the actual reason for not wanting it to start, then things may have gone differently.

I have no beef with you or Blue. I just didn't get the impression that they "only hear what they want to hear." Maybe I had the advantage of seeing all the posts.

[blue62]

Originally Posted by piper6909

Being an impartial observer, I don't exactly think that's the case here. SFK was inquiring about the fuse that fed both the ignition AND the fuel injectors. It doesn't necessarily mean he didn't understand or listen to what Blue said about fuel in the cylinders.

Now here's MY take, and please tell me if I'm wrong:
1) The car was sitting all winter, so I seriously doubt there's any significant fuel pressure in the system anyway. Just pulling the fuel pump fuse or relay should suffice.

2) Even if there IS fuel pressure, and here's where SFK's question comes into play, if the fuse that powers the injectors is pulled, then the injectors can't pulse and inject fuel into the cylinders anyway. Correct?

Couple of things:
First:
it's a forum.... a computer screen situation where a reader has to make assumptions.
The first and main assumption I make if a poster comes to a forum to ask about something as simple as a fuse, a relay or the location of such, I assume that they are not very knowledgeable about their car.
Second:
Then if they ask a question like where is the fuel rail????? That just re-enforces my assumption that they have zero mechanical knowledge.
The only other info given is that he wants to crank the engine over without it firing.

So if you want to help that person with the very limited information you have from that poster... what do you tell them????

JFP in PA had the perfect line "think like a doctor do no harm"

The best way to do no harm is to do what JFP suggested completely disable the fuel system.