1988 Trans Am Dumping Fuel... Noid light is solid
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Car: 1988 GTA Trans AM
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1988 Trans Am Dumping Fuel... Noid light is solid
Hey guys,
My 1988 Trans am GTA 5.0 TPI has been down for the last few months and the problem has now been narrowed down to the fuel injectors. The car would start and run for a minute and then stall because it was getting to much gas. When using the noid light it showed the injectors getting power all the time. Since the injectors are getting power all of the time they are continuously dumping gas into the cylinder and flooding out the car. I know the noid light should be blinking since it turns the injectors on and off. What will cause the injectors to stay on?
Thanks
My 1988 Trans am GTA 5.0 TPI has been down for the last few months and the problem has now been narrowed down to the fuel injectors. The car would start and run for a minute and then stall because it was getting to much gas. When using the noid light it showed the injectors getting power all the time. Since the injectors are getting power all of the time they are continuously dumping gas into the cylinder and flooding out the car. I know the noid light should be blinking since it turns the injectors on and off. What will cause the injectors to stay on?
Thanks
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Re: 1988 Trans Am Dumping Fuel... Noid light is solid
The ecm could be faulty grounding the injectors.
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Car: 1967 Camaro, 91 z28
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Transmission: M20
Axle/Gears: J65 pbr on stock posi 10bolt
Re: 1988 Trans Am Dumping Fuel... Noid light is solid
If you unplug the ecm and turn the key on and still have the noid light on the wires to the ecm from the injectors are shorted to ground. This would be the blk/pink and blk / light green wires.
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Re: 1988 Trans Am Dumping Fuel... Noid light is solid
This is a bad situation for the bottom end of the engine. Better drain the engine out really well and replace with some good oil and filter
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Re: 1988 Trans Am Dumping Fuel... Noid light is solid
Measure the resistance between the terminals of each injector(unplugged) . Nominal is, IIRC (check for spec) 16 Ohms. If out of FSM range, replace the bad ones, or the entire set.
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Car: 1988 GTA Trans AM
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Re: 1988 Trans Am Dumping Fuel... Noid light is solid
The problem has finally been resolved. After changing the ECM and changing a few fuses it came back to life. Something must have shorted out and killed the computer. Thanks for the help guys
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