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Diagnostic Method

Judge as NG when the following conditions are established.

Judgment value 

Malfunction Criteria Threshold Value
Ignition switch ON
Driving cycle Completed
When any one of the followings is established:
  • Timer diagnosis
NG
  • Full count diagnosis
NG
  • Soaking timer IC setting diagnosis
NG
  • Timer diagnosis (during soaking)
NG
  • Wake-up diagnosis
NG

Time needed for diagnosis:  Approx. 5 - 9.5 hours

<Monitor1: Timer diagnosis> 

Start the count up operation of counters in ECM and in soaking timer IC when the engine is started. Judge as timer malfunction if the difference between the counter in ECM and counter in soaking timer IC exceeds the allowable limit when the ignition switch is OFF.

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Judge as NG when the following conditions are established.

Judgment value 

Malfunction Criteria Threshold Value
|osoaktimcpu - osoaktimic|/osoaktimcpu osoaktimcpu = Counter in ECM
osoaktimic = Counter in soaking timer IC
> 0.24

Time needed for diagnosis:  128 ms

<Monitor2: Full count diagnosis> 

Reset the counter in soaking timer IC and start the count up operation.

Judge as full count diagnosis malfunction if counter in soaking timer IC is not $3FF (1023 count) after 4 seconds.

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Judge as NG when the following conditions are established.

Judgment value 

Malfunction Criteria Threshold Value
osoakfcntic osoakfcntic = Counter in soaking timer IC $3FF (1023 count)

Time needed for diagnosis:  128 ms

<Monitor3: Soaking timer IC setting diagnosis> 

When setting the activation setting time to soaking timer IC, compare the writing value to soaking timer IC with read out value. Judge as malfunction if the values do not match 3 times in a row.

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Judge as NG when the following conditions are established.

Judgment value 

Malfunction Criteria Threshold Value
Writing value and read out value when setting the soaking timer Unmatch

Time needed for diagnosis:  128 ms

<Monitor4: Timer diagnosis (during soaking)> 

Wake-up at the predetermined interval until 5 or 7 or 9.5 hours have passed after the ignition switch is OFF, and compare the counter in soaking timer IC with the counter in ECM.

Judge as malfunction if the counter in soaking timer IC is counted up to maximum value (1023 count) when the counter in ECM is 1636 ms, or if the counter in soaking timer IC is not counted up to maximum value (1023 count) when the counter in ECM is 2456 ms.

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Judge as NG when the following conditions are established.

Judgment value 

Malfunction Criteria Threshold Value
When any one of the followings is established:
  • All of the following conditions are established.

Counter in ECM
≤ 1636 ms
Counter in soaking timer IC = $3FF (1023 count)
  • All of the following conditions are established.

Counter in ECM
≥ 2456 ms
Counter in soaking timer IC $3FF (1023 count)

Time needed for diagnosis:  Less than 1 second

<Monitor5: Wake-up diagnosis> 

Store the number of wake-up activation when the ECM wakes up by the soaking timer IC.

Next time when the ignition switch is ON, if the number of wake-up activation does not reach the predetermined value even though the counter in soaking timer IC operates 1 hour or more, judge as wake-up malfunction.

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Judge as NG when the following conditions are established.

Judgment value 

Malfunction Criteria Threshold Value
Number of wake-up Wake-up indication count

Time needed for diagnosis:  Less than 1 second

Malfunction indicator light illumination:  Illuminates when malfunction occurs in 2 continuous driving cycles.