If you have a injector control at the ECM and not at the injector harness plug, there must be a break in the wire in between the ECM and injector. Even on Ford ORM diagrams it looks like there aren't any connectors, it's a straight wire from the ECM to the injector. You may want to do a continuity check from the ECM to that injectors control wire with it unplugged and key Off. Just set your multimeter on Ohms, another thing that can cause a lack of injector pulse, and this depends on how you're testing the injector. If you're checking the injector for a pulse while it's plugged in and back probing the control wire, if there is no fuel pressure behind that one injector, for whatever reason, if something is stuck in the fuel rail and happen to end up in that particular injector output port. I've have heard of that happening before. But if you have the injector unplugged and there's still no pulse, it has to be a break in the wire.
It's not an intentional shut down or anything like that, some ECMs will shut down an injector if there is a misfire detected on that cylinder, but if you have 12 volts on the red wire and good pulse at the ECM, it has to be a wire issue. Are you getting a misfire code for cylinder #6?
You're sure the ECM pin is tight, if it's a pin fitment issue and you are back probing the ECM, you might be touching the ECM pin but the pin is not tight on the ECM connector. Pin fitment issues can be tricky, because it will test good in almost every single way, you'll have a good pulse at the ECM, you will have good continuity from the ECM to the fuel injector with the ECM connector unplugged, but if that ECM connector is not tight to the computers pin, it will throw you for a loop. If you do unplug the computer, just make sure the Key is Off. Sometimes even back probing can spread the connector female side. I use small T pins for back probing connectors.
One other thing to check if you happen to unplug the ECM connector to do a continuity check to the injector plug, see if there is continuity to Ground from the ECM wire as well. Just to be sure there is no small cut in the wire insulation and it's touches some contact point on the engine block. With the ECM unplugged and the fuel injector unplugged you should have no reading to the engine block or any ground. Just a good check to do while you're right there.
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Friday, June 10th, 2022 AT 8:23 PM