Technical questions and answers about the Mazda Bongo
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by widdowson2008 » Mon Jan 18, 2010 1:04 am
The Great Pretender wrote:I may have missed it Steve, does the ECU still receive power when the ignition is off?
Not got to that part yet but I think it must. According to the manual, pin 2B on the ECU is shown as being connected to the batery and the signal name is 'Back up power'. This implies (to me anyway) that the ECU is permantly powered. Thinking about it, it must be powered or the fans wouldn't kick in when you remove the ignition key ................(would they?).
Yet ANOTHER thing to check

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by The Great Pretender » Mon Jan 18, 2010 1:30 am
widdowson2008 wrote:The Great Pretender wrote:I may have missed it Steve, does the ECU still receive power when the ignition is off?
Not got to that part yet but I think it must. According to the manual, pin 3B on the ECU is shown as being connected to the batery and the signal name is 'Back up power'. This implies (to me anyway) that the ECU is permantly powered. Thinking about it, it must be powered or the fans wouldn't kick in when you remove the ignition key ................(would they?).
Yet ANOTHER thing to check

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by widdowson2008 » Mon Jan 18, 2010 1:34 am
The Great Pretender wrote:widdowson2008 wrote:The Great Pretender wrote:I may have missed it Steve, does the ECU still receive power when the ignition is off?
Not got to that part yet but I think it must. According to the manual, pin 3B on the ECU is shown as being connected to the batery and the signal name is 'Back up power'. This implies (to me anyway) that the ECU is permantly powered. Thinking about it, it must be powered or the fans wouldn't kick in when you remove the ignition key ................(would they?).
Yet ANOTHER thing to check

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Tell me about it

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by g8dhe » Mon Jan 18, 2010 1:38 am
The Great Pretender wrote:I may have missed it Steve, does the ECU still receive power when the ignition is off?
Yes it does Pin 2B;

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by widdowson2008 » Mon Jan 18, 2010 1:47 am
widdowson2008 wrote:The Great Pretender wrote:I may have missed it Steve, does the ECU still receive power when the ignition is off?
Not got to that part yet but I think it must. According to the manual, pin 3B on the ECU is shown as being connected to the batery and the signal name is 'Back up power'. This implies (to me anyway) that the ECU is permantly powered. Thinking about it, it must be powered or the fans wouldn't kick in when you remove the ignition key ................(would they?).
Yet ANOTHER thing to check

Stand corrected (by Geoff) It is 2B and NOT 3B as I said

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by widdowson2008 » Mon Jan 18, 2010 2:06 am
Geoff
To complete the ECU schematic, I am looking for the circuits connected to ECU pins:
2D, 2E, 2O, 2P
3A, 3B, 3C, 3D, 3J, 3L, 3R
Can you point me in the right direction? or even better, can you email the relevant pages so I can print them off please?
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by widdowson2008 » Mon Jan 18, 2010 2:57 am
No idea on this one. From the diagrams, for the fan motor to work, the coil needs to be energised, and I can't see where it would get the power from.

We need a sparky pronto.
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by Rhinoman » Mon Jan 18, 2010 10:20 am
According to the schematics only the scavenger fan can run when the engine is off.
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by widdowson2008 » Mon Jan 18, 2010 10:32 am
Rhinoman wrote:According to the schematics only the scavenger fan can run when the engine is off.
And the solenoid part of the relay connects to the ECU, pin 3X.
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by Rhinoman » Mon Jan 18, 2010 12:21 pm
widdowson2008 wrote:Hi James
How is the exploration into the bowels of your ebay ECU progressing?
I'm not due to receive it for a couple a days.
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by g8dhe » Mon Jan 18, 2010 1:08 pm
widdowson2008 wrote:Geoff
To complete the ECU schematic, I am looking for the circuits connected to ECU pins:
2D, 2E, 2O, 2P
3A, 3B, 3C, 3D, 3J, 3L, 3R
Can you point me in the right direction? or even better, can you email the relevant pages so I can print them off please?
OK see PM
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by g8dhe » Mon Jan 18, 2010 1:21 pm
Can't say specifically as I don't have a circuit diagram for the ECU, but more than just the memory as things like the Scavenger Fan relay are operated from it when the Ignition is off!
But there are two other power connections Pins 1C & 1D that are switched via the Ignition key - part of this might be safety as you don't want other fans etc kicking in if it goes wrong!
Which side is switched depends on the load, Relays and Solenoids are seem to be high-side switched (supplied with +12v) whilst dashboard lights etc are given an earth to light them.
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by widdowson2008 » Mon Jan 18, 2010 2:18 pm
Another query?
Thanks for the pm Geoff.
What does FICD stand for?

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by rita » Mon Jan 18, 2010 2:25 pm
widdowson2008 wrote:Another query?
Thanks for the pm Geoff.
What does FICD stand for?

Fast Idle Control Device