E30 returns home. M50. Wiring.

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Tue Oct 25, 2016 5:41 pm

I've bought back a car that I owned a while ago that I fitted a 2.5 16v into which has been stood for some time.
It's a ews, silver labelled ecu and won't fire. It has a wire attached to a thin green wire in the cable tray ( engine bay ) that isn't attached to anything. The end that's loose is close to the ews/ ecu but can not find where it goes. I can't find my original wiring drawings as never thought I'd have one again.
Is there any way of testing that I'm getting power to the ecu ?
Should I have power to one of the three going into the ews ?

Thanks in advance for any input.

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Tue Oct 25, 2016 6:03 pm

Perple ,yellow strip is live to the ews.
Wire which is spliced into the thin green wire, in engine loom, is live with ing' on.
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Tue Oct 25, 2016 10:03 pm

What is a 2.5 16v?

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Tue Oct 25, 2016 10:10 pm

Yes.
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Tue Oct 25, 2016 11:37 pm

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Wed Oct 26, 2016 6:12 am

Yes. 2.5. 24v with ews.
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Wed Oct 26, 2016 8:37 am

Got a picture?
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Wed Oct 26, 2016 8:41 am

Either way, the EWS should make an audiable click when you turn the ignition on.
Is it an S14? custom M42 or an M50 missing 8 valves?
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Wed Oct 26, 2016 12:36 pm

any pics? might give a better indication of what your asking
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Loads to do to it yet to get it back nice but it will get there.
It's been off the road for at last 3 years but has been in the dry.
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Wed Oct 26, 2016 9:41 pm

Where is the ews situated? Does it crank? Or nothing when you turn the key?
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Wed Oct 26, 2016 9:54 pm

It turns over on the key but no fuel pump running or spark.
EWS is in the car above the pedals under the original ecu mounting bracket.
This is where the broken wire is. The attached end is on a thin green wire which comes live when the ign is turned on.
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Thu Oct 27, 2016 12:31 am

There should be a green wire running from pin 4 of an EWS II controller to pin 66 of a M50B25 silver 413 ECU, according to the zone wiki.
There should be a purple/yellow wire to pin 2 of the ring antenna module which may have been replaced with a green ignition live wire in some installations.
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Fri Oct 28, 2016 6:34 am

It's all wired as the pic on wiki but I have one extra wire from the engine loom.
I think I have a fault with the ews as I have power into it( the little black box where the key halo plugs into ) from the fuse and out of it from the third wire into the ews controller.( silver box. Cigarette packet sized box). I then have power out of it on the thick green wire which goes to the ecu but no spark or power to the fuel pump.
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Fri Oct 28, 2016 10:05 am

There is a starter motor inhibitor relay in the EWS module, which usually doesn't get connected up when the system is fitted to an E30, but it should still click when the key is inserted and turned.
Can you hear a click from the module?
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Fri Oct 28, 2016 4:05 pm

No click from it.
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