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P02FB

Cold Start Fuel Injection Control Circuit/Open

The drive circuit for the cold-start auxiliary fuel injector or the cold-start ECU output is open. Some diesels use an extra cold-start injector to inject fuel into the intake manifold during very cold starts.

  • Check engine light: Yes
  • Emissions related: Yes
  • Repair difficulty: medium

Common causes

Ordered by how often each turns out to be the cause.

  • Injector winding openCommon
  • Pin pushed back out of connector bodyLess likely
  • Cracked solder joint inside the module or sensorLess likely

Parts involved

  • Cold Start Injector

P02FB is a generic OBD-II code defined by SAE J2012. Exact wording and diagnostic procedure vary by manufacturer and model. Code definitions are drawn from the public-domain OBDex dataset; the workshop notes are our own.