e16se loom colours & fuses

[tom_bish]

Had a quick search but can't find anything and i can't work out the haynes

On my e16 engine loom i have a plug with the following wires

- Thick red
- Green
- Black
- Blue

I think the green is for the rev counter, what are the others?

Also what are fuse Nrs 1 7 11 and 17

Cheers, Tom

[craig green]

Thick Red - LIVE
Green - REV COUNTER
Black - SWITCHED LIVE
Blue - TEMP GAUGE sender

[edit} I'd got to a scrappy & scavenge the male & females halves of a 5 or 6 pin loom plug & solder each end to your loom & car loom so you get a removeable loom.

[Iain]

That's a good idea, I crimped on terminals on both sides to make the loom removable.

Shouldn't there be a fuel pump wire on the loom also?

[Mike]

^ yes IIRC, blue with red trace if my memory serves me correct.

[tom_bish]

Ok thanks

I've ordered some correct coloured wire and a 6way weatherproof connector so i can connect it all up and remove it if i need too

What do i do about the red/blue fuel pump wire? I have it on the car loom do i just splice it into the engine loom

[Iain]

Yeah I think you just connect the fuel pump +ve directly to the engine loom. For some reason I put a fuse in mine, but it's probably not required?!

[Adam]

If you wire the pump directly yourself then yeah you should fuse it.
I spliced into the fuel pump wire at the fusebox on mine, so the original wiring/fuse remains in use....

[Iain]

I've just run out to check mine for you. The multiplug has the 4 wires with colours the same as yours, however the blue wire is wired to the fuel pump.

[Mike]

Blue? Mines fused aswell, nice easy immobiliser TBH.

[Iain]

Yes, blue. lol

[Mike]

Mines black lol

[tom_bish]

Right so the blue is for the fuel pump then and not the temp sender?

What i have is the blue/red wire direct from the fuse box as below

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i74/tom_bish/random/HPIM0972.jpg

Should this go to the blue?

[tom_bish]

Good news, i managed to sort out the wiring over the weekend.

The car turns on the key, the fuel pump fires up and there is a spark so it should be running fairly soon.

Have another question.. does the blue temp wire go to the back of the inlet manifold?