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01-18-2019, 10:22 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: North-central Virginia
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Can I power up the ECM without an engine attached?
Based on my schematics, the run/crank relay provides an ignition hot source to the ecm. The ecm in turn, activates the powertrain relay, which "turns on" the engine sensors and components. I want to know if the ecm will automatically power up that relay when it gets a key on signal, as does it need a data signal to do so.
If you didn't follow that mumble-jumble, don't sweat it. On to the question... Can I provide 12 volts to the appropriate pins on the ecm, and read the output voltages on various pins without an engine attached? Or is this somehow dangerous or ill advised? I would be doing this through the stock harness and fusebox. So I won't be just blindly pushing alligator clips into the ecm pins... |
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01-19-2019, 12:00 AM
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Re: Can I power up the ECM without an engine attached?
You can, but not sure why you'd want to?
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01-19-2019, 10:32 AM
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Re: Can I power up the ECM without an engine attached?
I did. I powered it up and flashed the ECM with a manual trans load before I installed it, because it had been ordered as an AUTO harness. Worked fine.
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