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S300 Socket Testing Problem

Posted: Mon May 26, 2008 10:23 am
by hayhursm
I purchased a Hondata S300 & P28 ECU from an authorized vendor and could not connect to it with my laptop. I then decided to purchase the socket tester and when I installed it (in the same orientation as shown on the Hondata website) none of the LEDs would light up with the ignition key in the on position. I have a 2000 Civic Si and I am using the OB2b adapter harness if that helps. Any suggestions?

Posted: Mon May 26, 2008 6:13 pm
by HONDA GHANDI
Was this a known good ecu to begin with? Will the car start on the stock ECU when the Hondata and adapter harness is removed?

Posted: Tue May 27, 2008 7:01 am
by hayhursm
I?m not sure if the ECU was good, the Hondata S300 was already installed in the P28 when I purchased this system. Yes, the vehicle would start when the stock ECU was installed.

Posted: Tue May 27, 2008 11:00 am
by Spunkster
Post a picture of your adapter harness. Did you purchase an OBD2a or OBD2b adaper harness?

Posted: Tue May 27, 2008 12:08 pm
by HONDA GHANDI
oooh, Good call, forgot about that.

Posted: Tue May 27, 2008 12:26 pm
by hayhursm
I'm using the OBD2b harness. I will post a picture tonight after work.

Posted: Wed May 28, 2008 6:20 pm
by hayhursm
Here is a pic of the OBD2b adapter harness

Posted: Thu May 29, 2008 9:43 am
by Spunkster
Judging by the fact that the adapter harness has been cut and spliced together, I would suspect a problem with the adapter harness or there has been some change in the vehicle harness. It sounds like your ecu is not getting any power.

Posted: Thu May 29, 2008 11:49 am
by hayhursm
I ordered the harness from horsepowerfreaks.com and the harness came from Hondata directly. I have not altered the vehicle harness in anyway except put GM Weatherpack connectors in place of the OEM injector connectors so I can use the FJO injector driver. I'm hoping to find someone locally that I can test my Hondata system in their vehicle.

Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2008 6:47 am
by hayhursm
I dug a little deeper into this problem and discovered that none of the connector pins going into my ECU are reading 12 Volts; the pins were tested at the actual harness and not the adapter harness. I looked for ECU fuses but could not find any?any clues as to what might cause this?

Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2008 10:52 am
by Spunkster
What has been done to this vehicle?

Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2008 11:41 am
by hayhursm
As far as electrical modifications I clipped the fuel injector connectors and installed GM Weather Pack connectors in their place to run an FJO injector driver. I have not installed the injector driver yet so there is no connection on the injector connectors. The SRS unit has been removed but I have driven the vehicle before without that. Would leaving the injectors unplugged be the problem?