Damaged ECM??
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Damaged ECM??
Can you damage your ecm from jump starting your car with the key in the on position??
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Well my o2 sensor is sending a rich running signal yet the fuel trim lowering and trying to make the mixture even richer.... if that makes sense. It runs bad at idle and has a slight misfire at mid rpms. Ive checked everything else and thats all i can think of. Do you have any other ideas?
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Originally posted by 3.1RS
Well my o2 sensor is sending a rich running signal yet the fuel trim lowering and trying to make the mixture even richer.... if that makes sense. It runs bad at idle and has a slight misfire at mid rpms. Ive checked everything else and thats all i can think of. Do you have any other ideas?
Well my o2 sensor is sending a rich running signal yet the fuel trim lowering and trying to make the mixture even richer.... if that makes sense. It runs bad at idle and has a slight misfire at mid rpms. Ive checked everything else and thats all i can think of. Do you have any other ideas?
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No its not throwing any codes and i know that information because i hooked a GM tech 2 up to the diagnotics port and looked at the data stream.
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Originally posted by 3.1RS
No its not throwing any codes and i know that information because i hooked a GM tech 2 up to the diagnotics port and looked at the data stream.
No its not throwing any codes and i know that information because i hooked a GM tech 2 up to the diagnotics port and looked at the data stream.
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Originally posted by 3.1RS
do that to all the sensors??
do that to all the sensors??
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Originally posted by kretos
i highly doubt your ecm is screwed
i highly doubt your ecm is screwed
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Originally posted by redraif
Not that is is not possible...I'm on my 3rd. First one was a starting issue. 2nd threw a code and ran like crap. 3rd so far so good. This was all in the course of a year!
Not that is is not possible...I'm on my 3rd. First one was a starting issue. 2nd threw a code and ran like crap. 3rd so far so good. This was all in the course of a year!
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Only thing I'm aware of that could get damaged is the spark module in the distributor... but that's usually if you leave the key in the "on"/test lights/play radio position with the engine off for a long time. Supposedly the ignition module can overheat.
Did all of this happen today? What I'm getting at is, if your battery ran down to crap, and you jumped it, and the battery's okay now, then maybe you just need to reset the computer and go for a long drive so the ECM can re-learn the car.
It's my experience that the ECM will take a lonnng time to re-learn the car if you drive around down; I gotta take my car up on the highway for it to act right (I drive a half hour away, then a half hour to get back home, and I'm good to go).
Of course, none of that makes sense if you're throwing a computer code.
Did all of this happen today? What I'm getting at is, if your battery ran down to crap, and you jumped it, and the battery's okay now, then maybe you just need to reset the computer and go for a long drive so the ECM can re-learn the car.
It's my experience that the ECM will take a lonnng time to re-learn the car if you drive around down; I gotta take my car up on the highway for it to act right (I drive a half hour away, then a half hour to get back home, and I'm good to go).
Of course, none of that makes sense if you're throwing a computer code.
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Re: Damaged ECM??
Originally posted by 3.1RS
Can you damage your ecm from jump starting your car with the key in the on position??
Can you damage your ecm from jump starting your car with the key in the on position??
But since these computer powered cars have came out most manuals and even sticker under the hood say to only hook up the positive to the battery. The negative or ground should be hook to something metal on the engine. It also seams to work better / jump start a car better.
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