[Shotimes] Lowrider's Coming Home

[Brad Corradi]

It's "Da Purple Frequency Equivalency" Sensor.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Carl Prochilo" <gr8sho@prochilo.myserver.org>
To: <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2004 2:00 PM
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Lowrider's Coming Home


> What is a DPFE sensor?  I'm trying to find this in the service
> manual for my 92.
> 
> BTW, you crack me up with your revelation.   You're lucky that
> shorting power and ground only prevented the car from starting and
> didn't fry other electrical components.
> -- 
> Cheers,
> Carl Prochilo
> 1992 Ultra Red Crimson
> 
> George Fourchy said:
> > Yee Ha!!!!
> >
> > The problem was definitely that (D)PFE* sensor and the connector.
> > They got it
> > running yesterday, just after they cut the connector and sensor out
> > of the harness.
> >  I have new parts on the way; it is usable now, but the CE light is
> > on, since there
> > is no (D)PFE detected.  When the parts get here, I'll hook them up,
> > and away we'll
> > go.
> >
> > So the lesson learned here is....if a 5 volt wire somehow get in
> > contact with
> > ground, either by touching a ground wire in its connector, or any
> > basic ground of
> > the car, while the engine is running, it will shut down, and not run
> > again until
> > that short circuit is fixed.
> >
> > Sounds logical to me....it's a reasonable way to prevent cooking the
> > PCM.
> >
> > *Some say that Gen 1 cars have only PFE, rather than DPFE.  I'll be
> > researching that
> > further, since the dealer seems to think it is called DPFE.
> >
> > George
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