Mythos
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PROBLEM SOLVED!!
It was, as Francois first suggested, a bent pin. Each injector has two pins and there is also a plug on the Bazzaz harness for the same injector. The bazzaz harness connector that connect inline to primary injector #1 had one bent pin. I am a little amazed at just how slight the bend was. I would have never noticed because as you can see from this pic, the pins look pretty darned straight. It's a little hard to tell from this pic but one of the pins was turned up just a tiny bit. What really made me notice the problem was that the bent pin looked shorter than the other pin. You cannot see that in this pic. I would have never noticed anything was amiss if I was not looking at it very close.
Z-Fi connector with good pins
Z-Fi connector with one bent pin (was the one to the left)
Most of us would think the pin would have gotten all mashed up in the plug if it was not straight. No. Apparently just gets pushed aside without going into the female contact in the other half of the plug. It was barely perceptible, but the plug was a little harder to push together too. What really tipped me off was that the wire slid into the back of the connector when I pushed it in from behind. When I pushed the wire forward, the pins inside became both the same length.
I tried about 3 times bending the contact down with a tiny screwdriver before I succeeded it to enguage properly. The wire did not push out the back so I assumed that the contacts must have slid together properly.
I turned the key on. Still had the C-00 code on the display. Just means there is NO FAULT with the engine not running. I started the motor and the C-00 was still there. That means NO FAULT with the motor running!!! NO code!! I pulled the jumper wire out of the diagnostic plug and lo and behold---I have my odo back, NO FI warnings flashing. It's fixed.
Engine running after error fixed, diagnostic plug jumped,
Engine running after error fixed, diagnostic plug jumper removed
Thanks to everyone for advise. Who was it that said "CHECK THE PINS??????"
It was, as Francois first suggested, a bent pin. Each injector has two pins and there is also a plug on the Bazzaz harness for the same injector. The bazzaz harness connector that connect inline to primary injector #1 had one bent pin. I am a little amazed at just how slight the bend was. I would have never noticed because as you can see from this pic, the pins look pretty darned straight. It's a little hard to tell from this pic but one of the pins was turned up just a tiny bit. What really made me notice the problem was that the bent pin looked shorter than the other pin. You cannot see that in this pic. I would have never noticed anything was amiss if I was not looking at it very close.
Z-Fi connector with good pins
Z-Fi connector with one bent pin (was the one to the left)
Most of us would think the pin would have gotten all mashed up in the plug if it was not straight. No. Apparently just gets pushed aside without going into the female contact in the other half of the plug. It was barely perceptible, but the plug was a little harder to push together too. What really tipped me off was that the wire slid into the back of the connector when I pushed it in from behind. When I pushed the wire forward, the pins inside became both the same length.
I tried about 3 times bending the contact down with a tiny screwdriver before I succeeded it to enguage properly. The wire did not push out the back so I assumed that the contacts must have slid together properly.
I turned the key on. Still had the C-00 code on the display. Just means there is NO FAULT with the engine not running. I started the motor and the C-00 was still there. That means NO FAULT with the motor running!!! NO code!! I pulled the jumper wire out of the diagnostic plug and lo and behold---I have my odo back, NO FI warnings flashing. It's fixed.
Engine running after error fixed, diagnostic plug jumped,
Engine running after error fixed, diagnostic plug jumper removed
Thanks to everyone for advise. Who was it that said "CHECK THE PINS??????"
