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May 29, 2003 | 05:25 PM

BWW

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Code 51

I have a code 51-memcal/PROM/ECM problem. does ayone have any experince with it? it is drastically affect starting and engine running. ECM 1227165 chip AKXZ(vats)

May 30, 2003 | 09:05 AM

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Re: Code 51

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Originally posted by BWW
I have a code 51-memcal/PROM/ECM problem. does ayone have any experince with it? it is drastically affect starting and engine running. ECM 1227165 chip AKXZ(vats)

It is a checksum error during the powerup/reset init of the ECM. Loose memcal, pin bent on eprom/memcal, bad eprom, anything that would cause the wrong data to be read from the EPROM.

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