As the title suggests the 306 that I am working on is not starting. I would really like to get this car going so that I can take it for a test day at Pukekohe before the end of the month.
A bit of background...
The car was purchased t be raced in the 2K Cup and only made it to a few testing/playdays. As a result, the car sat in storage for about a year and now it won't start.
The car has been to two auto sparkies who are of the opinion that the ECU is at fault. The ECU is a Magneti Marelli IAW 1AP.10
I don't know how to test the ECU myself and I'm hoping that some of you could shed light on the topic. How can I confirm if the above diagnosis is correct? What are the symptoms?
From the testing that I've done, I can confirm the following things:
1. The fuel pump is priming (on the key turn) and pumping fuel into the fuel rail.
2. All of the injectors work and the solenoids 'click' when 12V is applied.
3. The coils are all operational and are all capable of creating an arc between the ground and center electrodes (the plug gap) of the spark plugs.
4. There is air.
Here is a photo of the engine bay.
I can confirm that all of these pieces are operational as a result of bench testing however, I cannot confirm that they are working once installed. In other words, I have not checked for a pulse from the ECU to the coils/injectors.
My next steps are to check for fault codes and the check for a pulse to the injectors and the coils.
Is there anything else that I should be looking into?
Any and all help is appreciated.
Cheers,
Justin.
