XE not starting

[Rob H]

Yeah no point making it all nice and neat to then find out you have to strip it all back again. Bodge it till it runs then come back and do it properly. That's the way I've always done it with conversion looms.

[Andy]

Same here.wires twisted together jerry cans as tanks etc

[steve1434]

Hehe yep. The more I strip back the more colour change bodges I find. I have a whole day tomorrow so will hopefully get some progress.....

[Andy]

Keep us posted

[Edd]

I used to just twist up wires and roll out

[steve1434]

Okay, found a few more colour changes. I now have the fuel pump working whilst cranking (thick blue) so have removed my switch mod. The rev wire (green) connected to dash. Thick red to ecu. Black/yellow to ignition live.

What else does the ecu need to start?

[Benn]

Black/yellow? Ing live is just black isnt it?

[steve1434]

Its a very early gte xe loom. Hours of research has shown it's the right one. Also with it connected to fuel relay you can hear it click when key turned. Previous owner changed to black in a couple places.

Do you know what else is needed?

[steve1434]

Hi all. Today I cut back all the crap tape and multiple layers of heat shrink and found the original colours. So I now have the following:

Thick red to battery (ECU Live)
Black/yellow to ignition live
Thick blue to fuel pump (comes out of fuel relay)
Green to rev counter (from coil)

From the picture you can see the mess (this is after a bit of tidying also) but I now have only one wire unused - a thin red/blue which I believe to be an abs or speed sensor wire?

So now I have a good spark, good fuel, air, power, new crank sensor.....what else as still no luck on starting?

[steve1434]

If the ecu was knackered would I still get a good spark and fuel delivered?