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M52 Gnds: MOT88/ 4, 7, 28, 32, 34, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 56, 58, 63, 67, 70, 71, 72
- please check by measurement (harness and ecu pins) Pin63 is optional. Some gnd pins in harness have no connectivity, are only connected by ecu pin
- ECU passed all functional tests (including main relay and fuelpump p259 outputs)
- needless to say, grounds were connected during HW-tests (eg. the signalgenerator is grounded to the other grounds of test-bench)
The only possible explanation remaining:
- BMW88/43 must be grounded (connected to BMW88/34) if it is not grounded in harness and DVM diode measurement shows more than 0mV between these 2 ECU pins also
- otherwise the harness is not compliant with the GenBoard/Manual/GroundConnections and p259 might be damaged
- consider: in future hard-wire connect EC36/26 GND to GND5 inside ECU for all BMW M52
BMW88/73 DME main relay input (is this the brown wire ? Can you confirm ?) pulled down by EC36/16 (=p259/ch1) to 0.2V (when tested with 75 Ohm pullup to 12V)
- DME main relay (in harness) switches 12V to BMW88/54 (DME relay out) - this was confirmed by measurement, but without injector currect
- note: BMW88/54 (DME relay out) is left open inside ECU. BMW88/54 is pulled to 12V by DME relay out. Is that not the case ?
Any relation to BMW88/87 flyback ?
- because of the DME relay powering the harness (supplying 12V), there is no reason for the ECU to provide 12V to BMW88/pin87 or BMW88/54, right ?
BMW88/69 Fuel pump relay solenoid pulled down to 0.2V by EC36/15 p259/ch5 output
- this should safely activate the relay
- you can try to disable fuel pump, and configure misc2 output as test (or even try all other p259 channels, just in case).
- Can you measure at the ECU output pin (from 12V as a base ?)
OLD: Prelling - solved by adding diode, anode=ec36/25 >| cathode = mot88/65 cam sensor 12V (BMW88/54 left open)
The strange thing:
- mot88/54 (and mot88/65) cam12V seems to be fed from harness (+12V, via main relay) anyway
- might be unnecessary from the ECU (but feeding +12V eg. from EC36/23 flyback inside the ECU, if +12V is fed in the harness anyway, should not cause a problem)
Historical, only for the curious
(some confirmation, notes from install measurements would be nice; and would allow better cleanup).
We received a report of some relay prelling (when ignition off) that we cannot reproduce.
- powering up p259 outputs through a small 30A relay (or 2 in parallel) to +12V without powering the ECU.
- this is assumed (and verified) to "flyback-ed to inj flyback equivalent to EC36/27"
- not to ECU power mot88/49 (=EC36/25 switched 12V) - that would explain if the solenoid is strong enough to provide ECU supply current. Verified that no diode to ECU power.
What should be hooked to the mot88 (which pin) to simulate the "ignition off" state ?
- In the car the main relay controlled by mot88/73 supply is fed by mot88/26 VBATT constant 12V from the battery, the ECU is powered via the Ignition switch 12V+
- so if the main relay is ON and the ECU is switched off via the switch it seems to stick on when protection diodes are connected to mot88/49 (=EC36/25 switched 12V).
- The flyback=mot88/87 (not pin54 in the xls beware, that is cam sensor +12V!) in the car also comes from the main relay but could possibly be moved to a constant 12V (pin26) instead to solve this?
- good find: apparently the mot88/54 = mot88/49 (12V connection wire) inside the ECU is simply not needed, if the mot88/54 is supplied from the harness (weird, why is it connected back to the ECU at all ?)
- Can a failed diode in the relay cause this?
- possible, but more likely the mot88/54 cam12V seems to be unnecessary from the ECU if the harness feeds 12V there (via main relay) anyway
OEM wiring information here
http://www.gbnetwork.co.uk/bmw/ftp/etm_e36_1998final.zip
Page 108 shows that flyback 12V mot88/87 = mot88/54 cam12V in the harness so how that same connection can cause any problem in the ECU ?
- EC36/25 = mot88/49 = 12V switched (ECU main supply)
- EC36/16 (p259/ch1) = mot88/73 main relay
- why not some output ? Which output should control mot88/73 ?
- EC36/23 = flyback 12V = mot88/87 flyback
- flyback 12V mot88/87 = mot88/54 cam12V (ALSO in the harness, see p108)
- flyback 12V mot88/87 = mot88/65 cam12V (see p114)
The bold, or last 2 are suspect to cause prelling, especially if switched 12V (ECU main supply) is connected to cam12V in the harness
- the ECU might be powered from the cam12V unintentionally
- this was not present in any of our previous experimental bench setup tests.
New Tests
- with mot88/54=65 connected to mot88/49 (= EC36/25) as in the BMW harness
- 83.2 Ohm 50A relay (or 2 in parallel ~41.6 Ohm) between VBATT +12V and mot88/73 main relay pin
No prelling at all. ECU does not power up.
If ECU forced ON with mot88/49 = 12V than ECU turns on, with minor 0.4sec delay the main relay turns on and no prelling: everything seem perfect.
Maybe the BMW has some very low resistance relay
Proposal:
- high voltage flyback to mot88/73 (main relay output), very easy to apply:
- either a 18V transient diode to GND,
- or a small (even 1n4007) diode, cathode to the 30V injector flyback rail.
- however, if we are not certain that the mot88/73 controlled relay caused the "prelling" in the BMW harness, we cannot be certain to have it fixed.
- Gunnar, do you remember that the "main relay" was prelling ? When main relay was removed, there was no prelling ?
- Yes, main relay prelling and yes no prelling with main relay gone
Dave suggests:
The problem with the PNP relay prelling is caused by the
- main power relay being connected to vbatt permanent and the
- ecu power being connected to #15 wire
- which normally has many loads (low impedence like instrument lights) connected to it to gnd;
- this "somehow" creates a relay turn on path (slightly weaker than normal) through the p259 protection diodes
v3.8b
p259 diode >| mot88/87=EC36/23
not connected to EC36/25 (#15) inside the ECU.
Somehow mot88/54 is (suspected) involved in creating the path...
- but not if mot88/54 is connected to mot88/87=EC36/23 both inside and outside).
- beside the main relay flyback path changed to 12V+30V side of the transient diode (that alone should solve it)
- adding diode, anode=ec36/25 >| cathode=mot88/54 = mot88/65 solves it
Actually, perhaps the main relay itself connected the #15 to injector supply, EC36/23, and possibly causes inability to turn off main relay ? (reproducing failed because of some relay differences ?)