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Old Jun 25, 2003 | 10:13 PM
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Help me with my car..

I have an 86 iroc that was a 305 now it is a 350 but any ways the car is burning up a big green capicator in the ecm and then it wont run if any ideas at all let me know what to do or how to help u more under stand this problem the ecm number is 01227165 and the prom number is 16055375
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Old Jun 27, 2003 | 06:53 AM
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Re: Help me with my car..

Originally posted by James117
I have an 86 iroc that was a 305 now it is a 350 but any ways the car is burning up a big green capicator in the ecm and then it wont run if any ideas at all let me know what to do or how to help u more under stand this problem the ecm number is 01227165 and the prom number is 16055375
The car may have a bad altenator or there are intermittent connections in the battery/starter/alternator loop.

That big green capacitor is there to protect the ECM from voltage surges.

RBob.
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