Since the first start, I haven't been able to make the vehicle run smoothly. With no experience in the past, either with fuel injection or with a carburetor, this leaves me in a bit of a state of "disrepair". So I got on the ffcars.com website and posted my Mayday. Within minutes, some good responses and suggestions to visit the Powerjection III forum.
As always, the less you know about something, the simpler the task appears. Now that I know a little bit more, the task seems a lot harder than when I started. With some of this new found knowledge and ability, and with the self-confidence that ignorance (on my part) breeds, I tried fiddling with the settings and the engine last night. I was making some headway with idle/decel/no stall settings and then everything stopped. The starter no longer started and the ignition power turned off when I tried the starter button. OOPS.
So, of course, I take apart the dash and look at the connections. Stare with total lack of understanding at the ISIS power control and powercell unit... stare at many many wires... stare at the laptop computer...none of these highly developed organisms fell prey to my laser gaze and none gave up and returned to their previous performance. So after much staring I looked at the voltmeter and noticed that my 12V system was reading 8V.
Ah....too many starts, not enough engine running to let the alternator charge the battery, then the ISIS power will cancel all function if the battery doesn't read between 10 and 12V. So, having predicted that I might need a battery charger, I cracked the brand new box and hooked it up. Lo and behold, my battery had LO capacity and needed a charge.
Hopefully, the overnight charge will resolve my no-start issues and I will be back to where I was. I will still need to figure out the fuel injection, but, that's why I do it....How hard could it be?
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