The car runs.
I put the key in the ignition and turned it to the on position and I hear what I guess is the fuel pump. Should it only activate during crank and not in the on position.
There are 3 relays down there. One says fuel pump relay on it and its connected, another says nothing on it and is connected also (and has the bullet fuse connected in line), the other which I thought/think is the drive relay is a 5 blade marked 30 - 87 - 85 - 86 (fifth # - don't see one) and is bolted to the ECU frame with nothing hooked into it (might it be a spare?)
I just mickey moused in a temporary in a 7.5 fuse and the vvt now actuates when tested with the key in the on position and pulling on the throttle cable.
Update - so the vvt was working when the car was off (ignition in the on position). I went to fire it up and its running very rough. ****. Even worse is I disconnected the fuse, re-started the car and its still running rough. HELP? I tried connecting and disconnecting it a few times and no change. I was careful not to bugger anything else up. Any ideas what I may have caused (which could explain why it wasn't hooked up in the first place). I will admit that since it last ran earlier today (before I did this), I noticed a few engine fuel hose clamps were a touch loose so I snug them up a touch - perfect example of only doing one thing at a time so if something comes up your not guessing which thing caused it. Short of changing all those hoses, is there anyway of testing to see if a hose is the culprit. Otherwise the only thing I was thinking is maybe by pulling on the throttle cable with the engine off, I flooded the engine???? But I let it ran for a couple minutes and revved it a bit, but the roughness didn't go away. I'm not sure if its a good idea to try and drive the car in hopes of clearing it up, for fearing of making things worse or buggering it up anymore. I should mention that in addition to running rough it appears to be running very rich too.
Is it possible that now that its working it just needs to be adjusted? I read more of the right up on this and other injection issues, and if I understood it correctly, a properly working vvt will have the slightest of a gap between the pin tip and the hole it goes into when the there is a big hit of the throttle. When I look at mine, I don't see the pins tip as it permanently inserted into the hole, and when I hit the throttle, it inserts itself even more into the hole (pardon my terminology).
Update, I tried to adjust the vvt per the instructions and assuming I did it correctly, the problem still exists. Remove the electrical connector, loosen the lock nut, back off the vvt, lightly pull back the pin and let it retract on the weight of the spring (did this a few times), and then screw the vvt forward until it just touched the pin, lock the locknut, etc. Same problem, but I have a question, when this is all complete, should I be able to see the pins tip, or will it still be in the hole - because I don't see the tip.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks.