muso Member 11 Member For: 9y 9m 3d Gender: Male Location: South Australia Posted 20/07/14 01:28 AM Author Share Posted 20/07/14 01:28 AM Jaycar only have the larger fuse size in circuit breakers, I'll try autobarn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralph Wiggum Moar Powar Babeh Lifetime Members 19,323 Member For: 18y 6m 23d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 20/07/14 01:41 AM Share Posted 20/07/14 01:41 AM If you've identified the problem why do you need a circuit breaker? Just fix it and replace the fuse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muso Member 11 Member For: 9y 9m 3d Gender: Male Location: South Australia Posted 20/07/14 03:59 AM Author Share Posted 20/07/14 03:59 AM It still blows sometime....it's intermittent like lots of electrical problems. I think the plug may be faulty getting too hot next to the thermostat. I can't get a mini ats sized circuit breaker anywhere....they are only in the older style larger fuses ats size. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralph Wiggum Moar Powar Babeh Lifetime Members 19,323 Member For: 18y 6m 23d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 20/07/14 10:53 AM Share Posted 20/07/14 10:53 AM There will be a short in the injector power feed. Fix that and you won't need to keep replacing fuses. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JVK Silver Donating Members 751 Member For: 18y 3m 29d Gender: Male Location: North West Hot Hell,VIC Posted 20/07/14 09:09 PM Share Posted 20/07/14 09:09 PM As Ralph said, Now that you know where the problem lies in the injector plug you need to repair the plug and or the wiring. Circuit breakers are just used to help find the root cause without popping heeps of fuses or getting out from under a dash a million times while fault finding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muso Member 11 Member For: 9y 9m 3d Gender: Male Location: South Australia Posted 24/07/14 09:51 AM Author Share Posted 24/07/14 09:51 AM Yes I have isolated the problem but am not sure exactly where in the loom the damage is. It's obviously in the power feed of that plug so I will have to pull it apart and actually locate the problem and repair....thanks heaps for your advice guys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muso Member 11 Member For: 9y 9m 3d Gender: Male Location: South Australia Posted 25/07/14 07:46 AM Author Share Posted 25/07/14 07:46 AM (edited) The plug in the photos seems to be the culprit - it supplies injector #1 and 2 I think, but also the fuel pump, there are two other plugs like it I'm assuming they supply injectors 3,4,5,6. If the plug is not connected it doesn't blow the fuse - if connected it blows the fuse as soon as ignition is switched on. I am assuming that the female (lower section) of the plug is the power side but that doesn't necessarily mean that the short is on that side but it's more than likely. I cannot find any visible damage, it's probably inside the loom which I will have to open up and investigate....in the mean time I've bought an old VY wagon as a back up car (needed a wagon anyway) so there's no hurry now to get my beloved turbo back on the road. Edited 25/07/14 07:49 AM by muso Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralph Wiggum Moar Powar Babeh Lifetime Members 19,323 Member For: 18y 6m 23d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 25/07/14 08:05 AM Share Posted 25/07/14 08:05 AM Has it run on lpg lately? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muso Member 11 Member For: 9y 9m 3d Gender: Male Location: South Australia Posted 25/07/14 09:35 PM Author Share Posted 25/07/14 09:35 PM It ran on LPG all the time except for when starting on petrol for a minute or so. But it hasn't run at all lately and won't until it's fixed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shmick New Member 1 Member For: 6y 1m 14d Posted 02/03/18 04:09 AM Share Posted 02/03/18 04:09 AM Thanks for the thread guys, it helped me find a different short on the same circuit, (straight gas ba falcon). Mine was the liquid gas solenoid on the gas evaporator / converter (the one at the bottom). It was a dead short which would blow fuse 30 inj. The solenoid should measure 10- 12ohms after having your multimeter leads on it for 5 secs (impedance charge time, like an inductor) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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