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Old Nov 5, 2001 | 02:41 PM
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Check engine light

My 88 Sport Coupe 305 TBI (150K miles so far)is showing a check engine light. But only in overdrive and only after letting off the accelerator. The ALDL doesn't seem to be storing this code. Anyone have a similar problem?
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Old Nov 6, 2001 | 07:46 PM
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could be a vacuum problem whn you let off the motor has alot of vacuum but may be sensing too much or too lttle

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Old Nov 7, 2001 | 12:54 AM
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Transmission: 4L60E
Axle/Gears: 3.23
I had the same thing happen to my car. The engine light came on when i was in overdrive and on the freeway but it has yet to come back on, but that might be because I have not been using overdrive. Im in college right now and cant really figure out whats wrong until either thanksgiving or christmas break. Search the boards, i read somewhere where people were having a similar problem and the problem was their EGR valve. But as of now, i really dont have a good idea whats wrong.

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Old Nov 8, 2001 | 10:08 PM
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EGR.
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Old Nov 9, 2001 | 09:19 AM
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Vader:
EGR.</font>
Thanks Vader, I like those simple, one word answers.
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Old Nov 16, 2001 | 02:22 PM
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I replaced the EGR ($72.00)and the problem disappeared. Thanks again for the help.
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