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Help Please! Service Light Constant, cannot read Codes

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Old Apr 1, 2014 | 04:01 PM
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Help Please! Service Light Constant, cannot read Codes

Hello Everyone. Awesome Forum I have been cruising for answers for a few weeks now. My little brother and I are resurrecting my 87 Iroc-Z from when I was in high School. It has sat for 12 years now.

We have got it running but its a real dog. Very little power. Idles great. runs good, just no power on the road.

I tried to pull the codes last night after changing a bad SES bulb. But now the SES light is just on constantly. I have tried the jumper on A + B on ALDL. But Light will not blink code 12 even, It just stays on constantly.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks guys.
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Old Apr 1, 2014 | 04:33 PM
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Re: Help Please! Service Light Constant, cannot read Codes

Could be a bad ecm if its constantly staying on and not throwing any codes whatsoever
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Old Apr 2, 2014 | 03:57 PM
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I would clean the grounds. Check back of passanger head. I believe the ECU grounds there. Others areas have ground as well. A real service manual may be helpful.
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Old Jun 11, 2014 | 12:24 PM
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I am new to all this forum type stuff and don't know how to ask a question properly, so here goes. How do you read the diagnostic codes on a 89 iroc? I have a Haynes manual and it gives me codes and possible solutions, but it doesnt tell me how to make sense of the series of flashes e.g. if I have a code 32 how do I know it is a 32 by the lights?
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Old Jun 11, 2014 | 12:46 PM
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http://www.streetdirectory.com/trave...ine_light.html

I recall 32 is EGR. Might want to clean it or if original replace it.
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