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Old 19th April 2009, 20:26   #11
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Originally Posted by lowedb View Post
I've also had a car (not a 75) where there were no fault codes, but wouldn't start. No sparks at all.
The supply to the coils was down (someone had unplugged it, don't ask) but the ECU doesn't see the supply, only the load on the trigger circuit. So fault codes aren't 100% reliable.

A short like that damaging the ECU though is pretty poor design. I take it it wasn't a Rover Phil?
It was a Honda. The way the injector had gone it gave the same effect as doing a direct short.
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