Everywhere else in the electrical world, electrical components come with amperage ratings on them. And the electrical specifications of the component is printed on the product packaging or there is an insert with specifications on it. And this information is on the manufacturer's web site.
But...
Electric fuel pump. Gas tank in rear of vehicle...
Say you have a bad fuel pump check valve and overnight all the fuel drains back into the gas tank. And the fuel line is filled with air.
How fast does the fuel flow when the pump is turned back on?
Or how long would it take for the fuel to...
I'm learning about the electronic systems in newer vehicles and am SHOCKED at how this is designed! (In regards to expecting automotive service technicians to be able to troubleshoot these systems.)
In some cases you have 24 different electronic modules connected together via two different...
I'm having fun with Idle Air Control Valves (IAC)...
What would happen if I applied 12 volts to one coil?
How do these work?
I know these are "stepper motors", but have no experience with them at all.
As with everything automotive, I'm having a hard time finding technical information which...
So far as ABS controllers and multiple diagnostic codes being stored in its memory...
Are these codes stored in any order? Like first code to display would be the oldest code stored?
Or the other way around. The first code displayed would be the newest code stored into the memory...
Do the various electronic control modules in vehicles do any sort of self testing?
Say for example one bit of a memory chip failed, or an AND gate failed inside of a CPU (or other types of hardware problems cropping up). Would this automatically be detected by any sort of self testing?
Or...
I have a car engine computer which had tons of inputs, and I have all the factory service documentation for the vehicle and computer (1995 Ford Aspire made by Kia, computer B3H7 18 881B made by Mitsubishi).
I have the factory service manual, wiring schematics manual, and computer diagnostic...
