Idling problem?

james25 · Post by **james25** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 10:50 am

Well today I was playing around with the software. Not sure if its a data logging problem or software, moderators please move where appropriate. I have my car idling for a while on my driveway, datalogging connected and emulator connected. I was connecting my LC-1 and logging through ectunes serial connection feature for the lc1. Got it hooked up and logging through serial. The car was sitting at idle for a while and started to click. It clicked a few times like it was trying to turn something on? then my car stalled. It restarts fine. It only does that when I have datalogging enabled and idling for a while. I soon as it starts clicking again, I disconnect from datalogging and it doesn't do it. Any insights? I'm thinking somewhere in my settings.

Post by **Gaskleppie** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 11:52 am

I had this also when connecting the datalogger with LC serial stream. Not a clue what is going wrong. maybe port settings? After restarting eCtune and reconnecting all went fine and never had this again.

Almighty-Si · Post by **Almighty-Si** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 7:29 pm

Actually had this happen to me today 3 times. Then I drove the car and got the overflow error again and adjusted column 1 and the overflow error went away but the car did stall again on me when I got off the highway.

Maddog20 · Post by **Maddog20** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 11:23 pm

when you hear that click in your logs look to see if the Post Fuel box becomes active

greasemonkee · Post by **greasemonkee** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 11:52 pm

Happened to me. Testing a new pc a minute ago, had datalogger plugged in only. I think I turned the logger off when it happened.

RoadXY · Post by **RoadXY** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 7:34 am

That click is the fuel relais...

james25 · Post by **james25** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 8:58 am

Maddog20 wrote:when you hear that click in your logs look to see if the Post Fuel box becomes active

I looked at my last log, PostFuel Active box had a check mark on it. And yes the clicking sound comes from the main relay.

Post by **calvin** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 10:27 am

main relay is resetting then

Orthello · Post by **Orthello** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 11:10 am

I have experienced this with one of the latest official Nokia DKU-5 cables. When de log cable was connected to the ECU but NOT to the laptop, the ECU was resetting itself from time to time. Having the fuel relay click from time to time. When the cable was also connected to the laptop, no problem. And when the DKU-5 wasn't connected to the ECU at all, no problem either. This was with an OBD0/PW0, but it sounds so simular that I think it's the same issue.