Electrical Fooling the ECU

BeaverMeat

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This is a 5.0 swapped Volvo… I need to trick the computer so I can install an engine light and have it work properly. It’s showing two codes because of the swap. Secondary fuel circuit fault and clutch position sensor fault.

I have no idea where to start to find where the wires go from the ECU. Some of wires on the pigtails have been cut off flush. Where to start? Lol
 
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What ECU are you using?

if it’s any of the A9x family, you just need to run a wire from pin 19 to any part of the fuel pump relay circuit that sees power when the pump is active, usually the wire that closes the relay will do fine. The ECU just wants to see that the fuel pump circuit is on.

As for your other problem, what’s the code number? Is it 67?
 
It’s 1989 hardware.

Yes. Code 67.

The Volvo clutch pedal still has the switch. I may just connect it if compatible. Just need to find what wire it is from the ECU


As for the pump secondary circuit (code 96)… this is going to be a mess. lol. So what you’re saying is pin 19 isn’t part of the fuel relay circuit? I just have to Hotwire it.

Thanks for the reply.
 
Pin 19 is just a monitoring wire.

let me dig up some wiring diagrams later in that day that will help explain further. I haven’t quite memorized all the wiring for these cars just yet.
 
Here’s a wiring diagram.

As you can see, pin 19 is just monitoring the fuel pump relay to see that it’s closed. I’m not sure how you are running the pump setup on your car but any 12v key-on source should fool it.
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As for code 67, that’s a bit trickier to solve. Mustangs we’re wired differently depending on the trans and ecu. That’s why I asked what ECU you were running.

It’s tied to pin 30, but it behaves differently depending on auto or manual
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I assume 5-spd here? If so, pin 30 it wired in parallel to a clutch sense switch and the trans nuetral sense switch. If either closes it tells the ECU the car is in nuetral by way of clutch pushed in or trans in nuetral. This closes a pin 30 to ground loop.

I could suggest to try something but without knowing how pin 30 is wired now and if it’s an auto or manual ECU I’ll hold off
 
Well this is goofy AF.

I have the E5DB-11433-A2A relay on the same harness as the MAF like the 1993. I also have the green pigtail (with the pink/black wire) next to the ECU with no relay on it. I think that’s the problem.

‘89 engine with a ‘93 harness for the fuel/maf/airbags. It does have the two crash sensor pigtails.
 
Edit… I guess that’s the WOT relay. Yeah, I’m a noob. lol. I don’t have A/C so I guess I can eliminate that… maybe. Idk.

I guess the computer isn’t detecting a fuel pump because the relay isn’t there. lol.

The engine is 90+ considering it has the airbag sensor connectors. (two white round connectors. 2 pin and a 4 pin)



I should really post pictures
 
How are you activating your fuel pump? It’s just a monitor wire. Just needs 12v when the pump is active.

I have the 93 wiring diagrams if that will help. Just needs to wait til the am
 
Well… there is no Ford fuel pump relay.

After some more bugged-eyed diagram staring the tan/light green wire from pin 22 is hotwired into the Volvo wiring.

So, yeah. Add 12v to the pink/black wire.

i got confused because the pink/black wire is attached to a green 8-pin pigtail that’s also for the wheel speed sensor

looks like this: (sweet, I cab upload pics on this forum)

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Completed the surging idle checklist and everything checks-out... still having some slight surging at idle. Much better than before but, it still "shutters" now and then. After some more interwebs I concluded that my code 67 is the problem. Got under the car today and did some harness chasing and lo-and-behold the NSS pigtail is just hanging down the side of the Transmission. There is no female end because it was cut-off at the O2 sensor harness.

Adding a new pigtail and finishing the circuit is the easy part... wiring-up the whole system will be the hard part and will require some Ford to Volvo wizardry.

What will that entail? Do I need to install a switch on the clutch pedal?

NOTE: The engine/trans are from a '90 manual car. No air conditioning (it may have been deleted during the swap. The wiring for the WOT A/C cut-out is there) Also the reverse lights do work.