How long should the fuel rail hold pressure for??
I just did the test on mine for shits and giggles. Zero pressure before start, cranks and starts fine with rail pressure quickly to 300. Shut it down and went for an immediate restart. Just prior to the second start, and within 10 seconds of shutting it down, the rail pressure was already pretty much zero again. Tried again and same thing. DiagPro stayed connected well the whole time with continually changing data. Pretty sure my starter is on its way out (new weird noise from it), but the engine still starts within 1 or 2 seconds of cranking. Just wondering if I should be planning on future rail pressure problems or if this rail pressure behavior is seen by others. |
Dont know how long it "should" hold pressure for, but of 3 different 2.7 crd powered WGs I have driven a bit they all lost rail pressure pretty much as soon as the high pressure pump stops.
So I guess thats normal,, |
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Yeah, that's probably because the data port on the WG is not strictly OBDII.
You can plug in an obd2 reader and a very select few will get bugger all data from it. That's why the WJdiag app is a must for these jeeps. Pay for the pro version, it's only a couple of bucks, the developer well deserves it. I use that, and just a basic bluetooth obd2 dongle I bought from Jaycar for about $80. I'm sure I could have gotten that cheaper elsewhere but I was in a hurry as always. The WJDiag app can read everything, and talk to all modules, and lets you test and activate almost everything on the jeep. You can also reset the transmission out of limp mode with it (which you WILL end up doing at some point) and that's usually a dealer only task. You'll also find that you'll get codes with the reader that don't display when you do the key trick to read them off the odo screen. |
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My KJ lasts a little longer, maybe up to a minute, but then all the pressure is gone as far as the scan tool is concerned. However if you crack a connection on the rail, there is enough pressure left for a pop and a squirt of diesel to come out, so it's not completely drained. |
ok, so fuel pressure is getting upto 3000ish psi, what settings should i be looking at on the wjdiag app?
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If you have a friend, get them to crank the car while you do the next test. Standard disclaimer about not getting body parts stuck in moving engine parts. Let's see if you're getting injector pulse as part of the starting sequence ie. fuel pressure ok, injectors are firing. Grab a test light, take the wiring connector off the first injector. Slap your test light ground lead onto the battery negative post. Key ON, but not cranking here... Touch each of terminals on that connector, one will be 12v live with key on, the other is ground. The ecu pulses the ground on these injectors to fire them. Once you have located the 12v constant, you're going to want to put your test light ground clamp on the positive battery post, and touch your test lamp probe to the ground pin in that terminal. Hold it there. Now have your friend crank the engine. Keep an eye on your test light and see if it starts pulsing. If it does, great, ecu thinks fuel pressure is ok, and is trying to fire the injectors. If not, we look into fuel pressure issues. Either way we learn something and get to move to the next issue. By the way, did you snapshot your codes, clear them and start from scratch? What were the new codes generated when you tried to start the car? Then after giving it a huff off starter fluid and the car actually started running, what were the new codes generated? |
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