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Old 08-25-2014, 08:15 PM
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If it shows continuity end to end, (near zero ohms) that means the wire is not broken.

You'll need to check from one end of the pink with black stripe wire to battery negative to find out if it's shorted to ground. If it shows less than 5 ohms, that's what is causing the injector to stay open, (there is a short to ground that needs to be located & repaired). It should show infinity, (open circuit).
 
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Old 08-26-2014, 06:26 AM
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When going from pnk/blk term. inj.harness to batt. ground, meter shows/reads nothing.

Out of curiousity,what would "infinity" show/look like on the meter?
 

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Old 08-26-2014, 03:54 PM
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Infinity, depending on your DVOM, could be displayed as "over range", "open circuit", or a blinking character on the screen. Easy way to be sure, is turn the DVOM on and set it to the ohms scale. Don't touch anything with the test leads, and make sure they are not touching each other. Whatever the screen displays, is what it uses to indicate an open circuit.

In post #8, with the injector harness disconnected from the injector housing, terminal "C" in the injector harness connector showed 0.0 ohms, which means it is grounded, (it should not be grounded).

In post #10, you tested the pink with black stripe wire for continuity, and it showed good.

In post #12, with both ends of the harness disconnected, terminal "C" in the injector harness indicated an open circuit to ground, (good).

If you're absolutely certain that your test results are correct, the PCM is grounding the pink with black stripe wire inside the PCM, and it needs replacement. It's extremely rare for these PCM's to fail, so you might want to double check the tests before replacing it.
 
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Old 08-27-2014, 06:55 AM
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Well, last night we started double checking some stuff and were getting different readings than before (not sure exactly what they were right now hubby left for work) and for the heck of it he plugged everything back in and started it up to see what happens. We let it run for a good 10 mins. and even took it for a spin around the block and down the road a bit. So far no code-no gas smell/smoke from the exhaust. So now were going to go ahead and change the oil cause its got gas in it. We don't really feel like were out of the woods yet cause we don't know what caused this in the first place but I guess there's not much else we can do at this time but watch and wait. Any ideas of what could have happened besides dumb luck? What ever it is, I'll take it so long as it lasts.

Capt.-Thanks for all your help.
I'll report back in either situation good or bad---especially if this turn bad.
 

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Good thing to double check your work, especially when it comes to the PCM. The pink/black stripe wire might have a bare spot somewhere, and during all the tests, you may have moved it just enough to keep it away from ground... who knows??? All you can do it at this point is wait and see.... if it ain't broke, you can't fix it
 
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Originally Posted by Captain Hook
Good thing to double check your work, especially when it comes to the PCM. The pink/black stripe wire might have a bare spot somewhere, and during all the tests, you may have moved it just enough to keep it away from ground... who knows??? All you can do it at this point is wait and see.... if it ain't broke, you can't fix it
UPDATE--
Well hubby decided to put everything back permently since there have been no more issues and when he was placing things back he found the bare wire! So it was short to ground for sure-just as Capt. stated above. When he moved the wires it went away. So now we are sure what happened.

Now on to the 410 code.....

Thanx for all the help!
 
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Glad you found it Thanks for posting back.

As for the P0410, it would be best to start a new thread.
 
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