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Checking CELS and the light is on solid?
After my alternator shorted out I swapped on a replacement and it is running fine again, this alt only puts out 13.4v. I went for a test drive and had the CEL come on.
-I grounded the CEL wire, and instead of blinking a code it stays on steady?? -I shut the car off, started it back up and no more CEL? -check for codes again and the light stays on steady? Strange.... any ideas? Last edited by Heli-Mech; 01-28-2011 at 07:18 PM. |
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Re: Checking CELS and the light is on solid?
swapped out the ecu for my spare. The ecu is damaged. Must have been a short in the wiring, either in the alternator or the harness i made for the fan. Either way the ecu is cooked, car will run and drive fine on it but not throw or show any codes.
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Re: Checking CELS and the light is on solid?
Ian,
Did that ECU arrive yet?
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Re: Checking CELS and the light is on solid?
Yeah got it today. Works perfect. Thanks.
Now I don't think the ecu was the problem. I just drove the car home from work, and it did the same thing. CEL came on after driving out onto the highway. Checked the codes and I am getting a code 55. Not sure what code 55 is, I am looking it up right now. |
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Re: Checking CELS and the light is on solid?
EGR gas temp sensor from the list of codes I have
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Re: Checking CELS and the light is on solid?
Where is the Egr temp sensor located? Was that a California only option?
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Re: Checking CELS and the light is on solid?
Nope, all the US SVXes had EGRs, the California spec ones just actually check that it's working or something like that.
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Re: Checking CELS and the light is on solid?
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Re: Checking CELS and the light is on solid?
IIRC, in 1992 the california cars had a different EGR setup to the other USDM cars. There's a wire on the ECU harness that you ground to tell the ECU to use "california mode" instead of "49-states mode".
But after 93 they fitted all USDM cars with the california setup. I think you can still switch the later cars into "49-states mode" by disconnecting the california wire.
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Re: Checking CELS and the light is on solid?
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