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Old 11-23-2021, 08:28 PM   #15
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I think a jeep and a chysler mini van has a heavy duty pwm fan controller, replacements are on ebay with the connector.
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Why not just install a fuel pump relay and not have to worry about it?
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Why not just install a fuel pump relay and not have to worry about it?
Good point!

But, if I have the ability to drive it dynamically and not always slam it at full speed for its entire life, why not give that a go?
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Why not just install a fuel pump relay and not have to worry about it?
You ever wonder why every OEM manufacturer uses pwm control plus the majority of standalones?
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You ever wonder why every OEM manufacturer uses pwm control plus the majority of standalones?
I'm gonna assume OEMs do it to simplify plumbing, reduce noise, possibly safety, computerized feedback for check engine lights, and surviving repeated exposures to being 99% empty. I'm sure there are some other reasons. But the point is, aftermarket/race applications don't have the same concerns as OEM. Standalones probably do it so they can mesh with OE systems

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I'm gonna assume OEMs do it to simplify plumbing, reduce noise, possibly safety, computerized feedback for check engine lights, and surviving repeated exposures to being 99% empty. I'm sure there are some other reasons. But the point is, aftermarket/race applications don't have the same concerns as OEM. Standalones probably do it so they can mesh with OE systems

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Pwm is better in every way.
Two 285 Walbros push 4.5 gallons a minute hooked to a relay, why would you want that at idle? They also would use 35amps at 40psi base pressure at idle together.

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Well I had some fun today doing fuel pump controller tests.

Disclaimer: I'm using the canbus translator from AGT engineering. I'm not sure of what effect this translator has on the waveform that drives the fuel control module outside of what a stock Subaru ecu would do, however I would like to assume that they've done their best at replicating stock Subaru behaviour.

So first, I scoped the output of the e38 x1 pin 50 "Fuel Pump Relay Control Primary". Just as per the work I've been doing on solving my radiator fans, the output is a nice 10 volts usually high, pulls to low style pwm square wave running at 128hz. Various fuel pump percentage settings, all the way from 1% to 100% produce the 128hz waveform with lowest duty cycle (1%) spending most amount of its time high at 10 volts and the least amount of its time at 0v. Enter 73% and 73% of the time the waveform is 0v and 27% of the waveform is 10v. All as expected.

But then scope the input to the fuel pump controller and things change. The biggest difference is that the controller is basically being driven with pulse frequency modulation at various frequencies to represent the percentage of fuel pump as controlled by the e38 (not by a varying duty cycle 128hz pwm as what's coming out of the e38). So for example the e38 punches out 128hz and 46% duty cycle, well the fuel pump controller, from the canbus translator, is now receiving a sync pulse at 48hz. Dial the e38 up to 85% and now the fuel pump controller is receiving a sync pulse of 85hz.

Another interesting find is that anywhere from 1% to 35% duty cycle as pumped out of the e38 does not produce any sync pulse from the canbus translator to the fuel pump controller. The e38 is happily pumping out its 128hz waveform at various duty cycles between 1 and 35% but lo and behold any of these numbers don't produce a result at the fuel pump controller input. It is only when you pump in 36% does the translator suddenly kick into life and what do you know, it's a 36hz pulse.

So does anyone know if A: the stock Subaru ecu also drives the fuel pump controller via a variable frequency sync pulse? And B: does the stock ecu have this "only starts driving the fuel pump" at 36hz or more issue?

Then I moved on to the output of the fuel pump controller. Basically all that is happening is that the controller is dumping out a DC level. At the lowest working frequency of input of 36% the voltage output was something like 8 volts. Push the controller to 100% and it is dumping out a good 12 volts. No matter where I set my scope for time scale, I cannot see any pulse width. It is honestly just pure DC driving the pump at a varying voltage.

So again, some of these behaviours may be from the canbus translator, however they could well be in line with the standard Subaru behaviour.

Does anyone else have the same experience as this?

For me, I want to drive my camaro pump with true pwm, something like 20khz. Also I want to be able to have the range from 1% to 100% as needed. Why? Because I want to. Maybe it's pointless or overkill but having this level of control will make me think I've done it "properly". So I am going to splice into the output of the e38 pin 50 directly and have that running the fuel pump controller instead of passing through the canbus translator. I will also find a controller that can take a 128hz in, variable duty cycle pwm and then dump out a 19/20khz pwm to the pump.

Much of the work I'm doing on solving the pwm radiator fans will end up applying here, I'm sure.
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You ever wonder why every OEM manufacturer uses pwm control plus the majority of standalones?
Most bigger aftermarket pumps use or highly recommend a relay, or use a hob switch triggered at set vacuum or boost to trigger higher volt/output or if a dual pump setup a hob switch to activate the second pump.

Most quality aftermarket pumps have no issues running at 100% all the time. They are designed to.

The reason oem use controller is probably for numerous reasons, heat being one,

in-tank pressure regulators probably can’t regulate enough when pump is at 100% and fuel consumption is low IE at idle is another.

Cost and simplicity is another, and probably trying to use and design something that can run for 200k miles with no issues in an oem setup.

You can also get aftermarket controllers wired into the relay if you really wanted.
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Two 285 Walbros push 4.5 gallons a minute hooked to a relay, why would you want that at idle? They also use 35amps at 40psi together.
I think you want that for more instantaneous and stable fuel pressures when you're using giant injectors. You don't need the computer to see dropping fuel pressure, then tell the pump to go faster, then get your pressure back. It's just always there. It surely can't be better in every way or people wouldn't switch away from it

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I think you want that for more instantaneous and stable fuel pressures when you're using giant injectors. You don't need the computer to see dropping fuel pressure, then tell the pump to go faster, then get your pressure back. It's just always there. It surely can't be better in every way or people wouldn't switch away from it

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The ecu activates the injectors in milliseconds, i think it could up the fuel pump controller output before low fuel pressure.

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I had another play with the fuel pump PWM output of the e38 today.

As it was putting out 128hz and my fans were also set at 128Hz I gave it a long shot that perhaps changing the fan frequency may also change the fuel pump frequency.

There was no change though. No frequency I entered into the fan pwm frequency had an affect on the fuel pump pwm frequency. So it looks like the fuel pump pwm runs at a fixed 128 Hz.

I wonder if HPTuners has any ability to add a function to change the fuel pump pwm frequency? Fan frequency is available, so what would be so impossible to expect that fuel frequency could also be adjustable hiding somewhere in the e38?

On another note in my playing with the fan frequency I again tried my large frequencies and still hit a 9.33Khz ceiling. Interesting was the fact that at this frequency I noticed the square wave didn't seem to look as clean as the square wave coming out at 128 Hz. I didn't try a bunch of different frequencies to test my theory though.

If I end up using a fan controller that passes through the input frequency to the fans, well then I guess I'll have more work to do on that part because ultimately I would rather be running both the fans and the pump at high frequencies, less audible, hopefully more efficient etc etc...

At this stage I am expecting the Crown Vic clone fan controller I am going to try will not pass the frequency through and simply dump a DC level to the output. As for the fuel pump controller, I bought a Dorman 902-310 to have a play with that and see what I could do. I believe that will pass the pwm frequency through, but won't know for sure until I get my hands on it. If I can't get that to a useable solution then I think I will try a Cytron MD25HV as it uses a fixed 16Khz output and accepts a wide range of pwm input frequencies.
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The ecu activated the injectors in milliseconds, i think it could up the fuel pump controller output before low fuel pressure.
Just read an article from onallcylinders. Stated more consistent pressure at the rail due to proximity of the regulator, and more consistent fuel temp as advantages.

https://www.onallcylinders.com/2017/...m-right-video/

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