I’m sending my FiTech back

I’ve been having trouble with my hand held controller for a few months, and finally called FiTech and they gave me the bad news.

“Send the unit back.”

NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!! That’s the worst news! I’m so bummed! Well, thank you guys for learning the FiTech along with me, now on to the new chapter in learning the Edelbrock Pro Flo 4!

I mean, I’ll post the link to buy a FiTech, but I’m not sure that anyone will, haha!

**NOTE: If you buy a FiTech from Amazon, buy it from FITech, not a third party or FiTech will not be under warranty if something goes wrong**

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[SteveN-zqdk]

I’ve had the FiTech 30002 installed for 3 years on my daily driver and never had any issues. I absolutely love it. Purchased another one for my new project.

[Derekbitt]

Thank you for making the effort to fix it on camera. I appreciate ya. It was like soap opera the ups and downs were amazing

[spannerbrain]

Hi there, great videos mate, watched you over the years getting your fitech sorted, I learnt a lot and applied the same knowledge in getting my fitech to work on my turbo charged 6 cylinder Holden.
My fitech is working fine now but there was a time there that it all turned to crap, the thing was a real bitch to get started, and the white screen did present itself, it was due to low voltage during cranking. I made sure every possible earth (-) was connected and power supplies we’re faultless. Even so the problem sometimes returns where the screen drops out and this is due to piss weak connections the power/com wire loom makes with the controller.
I had to buy that tiny joystick and USB jack from a Chinese supplier and soldier them in after they failed, tried to get Fitech to help me out but they are useless, never got a reply after countless emails.
Don’t lose faith in your Fitech carby even if it is a struggle at times, sure does add to ones mechanical aptitude and marries old classic metal to modern day technology.

[jackturner]

Just had a fitech installed in my bronco. Wish I had watched these first. It’s the bain of my existence right now

[golgothapro]

I've been a mechanic since I was 16, worked with EFI ever since I built my first 16 bit Megasquirt ECM back in like 2002, and I got a 2 yr. AS in digital back in 84'. Old school digital ICs typically run off 5vdc (new stuff 3.3vdc) and they are very susceptible to damage from reverse bias or counter EMF (electro motive force). Often with four barrel throttle bodies the coils of the injectors are so large they generate a lot of counter EMF (which is basically a reverse voltage created when the magnetic field of the injector collapses back into the coil during the "off" cycle). One thing that can make EMF worse is injectors that have a low impedance or resistance. (The only difference between the two is that impedance is frequency dependent.) Take an ohm meter and check the resistance of each injector coil. I have no idea if there's only two injector channels and they're paired in parallel or if there are in fact four individual channels, but if any of the coils read less than an ohm the ECM channel that fires it with PWM (pulse width modulation) will see it as a dead short and it will generate a lot of counter EMF which can damage the ECM. I once had this issue and cured the problem by adding precision power resistors to increase the load of the injectors to what the ECM was designed to see. If your injectors aren't the problem just build or buy a built Megasquirt (they're 32 bit & even 64 bit now) and run the TBI unit with it. Then you can just program it with a laptop with their EFI application. I've been running mine for over 15 years with very few issues.

[jershaus]

I always deal with summit. Theyve always had good tech support

[sbeard]

Had to send mine back due to a ECU issue and got it back fast with alot of updates installed. I've had the unit a couple of years and FiTech didn't charge me for the repair or updates. Best of luck to ya!

[properteaproperty]

My FiTech runs great now.. But my whole FiTech experience has been a bad one.. It's on my daily driver.. And ive spent weeks without the truck.. First the faulty unit out of the box (5 weeks to sort), then trying to find a company in Chattanooga to tune it to get it through emissions test (FiTech technical just said "oh its not designed to meet an emissions test") and then the 2 injectors going bad.. And now the fan connection doesnt work (despite the screen saying fans on.. No switched earth to the relay), the supplied fuel pump sounded like a hydraulic pump.. It was insanely loud.. FiTech wasnt interested, so I replaced it with a Bosch 044 which is virtually silent.. And this is all within the first 1, 000 miles.. And each time you phone its 30+ mins on hold.. I'd never buy another.

[jessemendoza]

Ha ha!!! Whatever dude.. what did Edelbrock watch your videos and decided to sponsor you. I’ve zero problems with mine. Daily driver, 79 f 250 460. Love it.

[douglaspage]

Voltage into the ECU will be batt voltage, the 5 volts coming out is standard voltage reduction for all sensors, and is most likely the correct voltage to the handheld, so it appears you have an issue with the motherboard in the ECU. You have 3 possible options. Get them to send another complete unit and hope it works 2, have them send a new ecu or motherboard (depending on which is offered for replacement motherboard, and replace it yourself (not what I would want to do), or just find a company that stands behind their product if they don't.

[joemafara]

sorry to hear about your fitech issues your move to go with Edelbrock pro flo 4 multiport is the write move i just installed it on my 1970 5.0 gt40 heads B303 cam NV4500 5sp and I LOVE IT runs great good for you enjoy

[jeffreystelling]

Excited to see the pro Flo 4 vid. I've had nothing but problems with my Fitech. Not so much with the handheld, just getting it to run right.

[jimpalmer]

My system has been unreliable and unfortunately the customer service at Fitech has been downright crap. Even when you send it back, they will charge u a ton to fix it. PLEASE let us know how you like the other unit.

[samshipley]

Ive bought 2 FITech fuel pumps, both crapped out in 2 month intervals, bought Walbro, no more issues.

[nealoverson]

I'm glad I stumbled upon this video before I bought one

[dodgefreak]

Definitely looking forward to seeing the pro-flo 4 install!

[frankdatank]

I have a Quick fuel 580hr carburetor on a 97 ext c15 5.3 and I have not had in issue with it for 20, 000 miles

[backyardbuilttrucks]

Fitech is got a nice blow thru setup I have had no issues, Holley and MSD they all have issues all have hiccups . None are fool proof .

[farmerjim-fat-man-do]

Sux they are recommending to send it back. Dude on the phone wasnt very helpful. Quick tech tip when checking voltages and grounds. Its best to check for a voltage drop with the circuit energized rather than checking voltage. You can measure full 12 volts on a circuit that is not loaded but it can drop once amperage is introduced into the circuit. Set meter to voltage and energize the circuit. Next place one lead on battery positive and backprobe the connector with power lead with the other meter lead. The meter will display the lost voltage in the circuit. Shouldn't be more than .5 volts. Now do the same thing on the negative side. Meter lead on negative battery post and back probe the connector with ground wire.

[Iowa]

Need to check voltage with the load running. It could be a voltage drop issue, like a bad connector.

Use a T-pin, and back-probe the connector, with it connected, and the key on.