13B-1 GROUP 13B MULTIPORT FUEL INJECTION (MFI) <3.8L ENGINE> CONTENTS GENERAL DESCRIPTION. . . . . . . . . 13B-3 ON-VEHICLE SERVICE . . . . . . . . . 13B-1275 COMPONENT LOCATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13B-1275 MULTIPORT FUEL INJECTION (MFI) THROTTLE BODY (THROTTLE VALVE DIAGNOSIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13B-6 AREA) CLEANING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13B-1280 TROUBLESHOOTING STRATEGY . . . . . . 13B-6 FUEL PRESSURE TEST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13B-1280 DIAGNOSTIC FUNCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13B-6 FUEL PUMP CONNECTOR DISCONNECTION FAIL-SAFE FUNCTION REFERENCE (HOW TO REDUCE PRESSURIZED FUEL TABLE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13B-41 LINES) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13B-1283 DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE CHART . . 13B-43 FUEL PUMP OPERATION CHECK . . . . . . 13B-1283 SYMPTOM CHART. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13B-48 MULTIPORT FUEL INJECTION (MFI) RELAY AND THROTTLE ACTUATOR DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE CONTROL MOTOR RELAY CONTINUITY PROCEDURES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13B-52 CHECK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13B-1283 SYMPTOM PROCEDURES . . . . . . . . . . . . 13B-1085 FUEL PUMP RELAY CONTINUITY DATA LIST REFERENCE TABLE . . . . . . . 13B-1230 CHECK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13B-1284 GENERAL SCAN TOOL (GST) MODE 01 INTAKE AIR TEMPERATURE SENSOR REFERENCE TABLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13B-1241 CHECK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13B-1284 ACTUATOR TEST REFERENCE TABLE. . 13B-1251 ENGINE COOLANT TEMPERATURE CHECK AT THE ENGINE CONTROL SENSOR CHECK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13B-1285 MODULE (ECM)OR THE HEATED OXYGEN SENSOR CHECK . . . . 13B-1285 POWERTRAIN CONTROL MODULE INJECTOR CHECK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13B-1288 (PCM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13B-1253 THROTTLE ACTUATOR CONTROL INSPECTION PROCEDURE USING AN MOTOR CHECK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13B-1288 OSCILLOSCOPE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13B-1263 ENGINE OIL CONTROL VALVE CHECK . . 13A-1208 EVAPORATIVE EMISSION PURGE SPECIAL TOOLS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13B-1273 SOLENOID CHECK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13B-1289 EVAPORATVE EMISSION VENTILATION SOLENOID CHECK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13B-1289 EGR VALVE CHECK. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13B-1289 Continued on next page 13B-2 INJECTOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13B-1290 FASTENER TIGHTENING REMOVAL AND INSTALLATION . . . . . . . . 13B-1290 SPECIFICATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13B-1297 FASTENER TIGHTENING THROTTLE BODY ASSEMBLY . . 13B-1293 SPECIFICATIONS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13B-1297 REMOVAL AND INSTALLATION . . . . . . . . 13B-1293 GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS . . . . . . . . . . 13B-1297 SERVICE SPECIFICATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . 13B-1299 ENGINE CONTROL MODULE (ECM) SEALANT AND ADHESIVE . . . . . . . . . . . . 13B-1299 AND POWERTRAIN CONTROL MODULE (PCM). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13B-1295 REMOVAL AND INSTALLATION . . . . . . . . 13B-1295 MULTIPORT FUEL INJECTION (MFI) <3.8L ENGINE> GENERAL DESCRIPTION 13B-3 GENERAL DESCRIPTION M1131000102257 . . The Multiport Fuel Injection System consists of sen- THROTTLE VALVE OPENING CONTROL sors which detect the engine conditions, the ENGINE This system electrically controls the opening of the CONTROL MODULE (ECM) POWERTRAIN throttle valve. The ECM or the PCM CONTROL MODULE (PCM) which controls detects the amount of travel of the accelerator pedal the system based on signals from these sensors, via the accelerator pedal position sensor, and con- and actuators which operate under the control of the trols the actuation of the throttle actuator control ECM or the PCM . motor, which is mounted on the throttle body, in order The ECM or the PCM carries out activ- to attain the target throttle valve opening that has ities such as fuel injection control, idle air control, been predetermined in accordance with driving con- and ignition timing control. ditions. In addition, the ECM or the PCM is equipped with several diagnostic test modes which . simplify troubleshooting when a problem develops. IDLE AIR CONTROL The idle speed is kept at the optimum speed by con- trolling the amount of air that passes through the . FUEL INJECTION CONTROL throttle valve in accordance with changes in idling The injector drive times and injector timing are con- conditions and engine load during idling. trolled so that the optimum air/fuel mixture is sup- The ECM or the PCM drives the throt- plied to the engine to correspond to the tle actuator control motor to keep the engine running continually-changing engine operation conditions. at the pre-set idle target speed in accordance with A single injector is mounted at the intake port of each the engine coolant temperature and A/C and other cylinder. Fuel is sent under pressure from the fuel electrical load. In addition, when the air conditioning tank to the fuel injectors by the fuel pump, with the switch is turned off and on while the engine is idling, pressure being regulated by the fuel pressure regula- the throttle actuator control motor adjusts the throttle tor. The regulated fuel is distributed to each of the valve pass-through air amount according to the injectors. engine load conditions to avoid fluctuations in the Fuel injection is normally carried out once for each engine speed. cylinder for every two rotations of the crankshaft. The firing order is 1-2-3-4-5-6. Each cylinder has a . dedicated fuel injector. This is called multiport. IGNITION TIMING CONTROL The ECM or the PCM provides a richer The ignition power transistor located in the ignition air/fuel mixture by carrying out "open-loop" control primary circuit turns ON and OFF to control the pri- when the engine is cold or operating under high load mary current flow to the ignition coil. This controls the conditions in order to maintain engine perfor- ignition timing to provide the optimum ignition timing mance.In addition, when the engine is under normal with respect to the engine operating conditions. The operating temperature after warming-up, the ECM ignition timing is determined by the ECM or or the PCM controls the air/fuel mixture the PCM from engine speed, intake air vol- by using the heated oxygen sensor signal to carry ume, engine coolant temperature, and atmospheric out "closed-loop" control. The closed-loop control pressure. achieves the theoretical air/fuel mixture ratio where . the catalytic converter can obtains the maximum cleaning performance. TSB Revision 13B-4 MULTIPORT FUEL INJECTION (MFI) <3.8L ENGINE> GENERAL DESCRIPTION DIAGNOSTIC TEST MODE A/C Compressor Clutch Relay Control