Ignition Module
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well the car runs get then all the sudden it will die and it will crank back an run,,,I have replaced the coil the opti new plugs new wires new fuel filter new fuel pump new water pump...and 2 new injectors,,,it is like it just looses fire and quiets so I figure it must be the ignition module....
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the car could start to run crappy as in a "miss" and then, just frankly not start at all. if it is indeed bad, you won't be driving it anywhere. i would get the ignition module anyway and if it isn't bad, you'll have a spare handy in case you are "stranded" and that calls to be the problem. follow the directions and remove all the old dried up thermo-conductive gel that is packaged with the new module, apply the new gel, and go from there. i keep a spare in my car as well as a spare cap, a few wires, and a few other things to get me up and running back home in case of a breakdown...
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I would agree with badabing9 and with your symptoms the only reliable check is by substitution. Any bench check of the unit will probably not show anything up.
With your problem, if the ICM is not bad and in consideration of what you have already said, I would think possibly the ECM is causing the problem. Those ECMs can cause many strange symptoms and running problems.
With your problem, if the ICM is not bad and in consideration of what you have already said, I would think possibly the ECM is causing the problem. Those ECMs can cause many strange symptoms and running problems.
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I had the same problem, and finally one of the places looked a little harder and figured out how to test it with jumpers, it was in advanced auto's tester book. They got a loyal customer with that.
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I would agree with badabing9 and with your symptoms the only reliable check is by substitution. Any bench check of the unit will probably not show anything up.
With your problem, if the ICM is not bad and in consideration of what you have already said, I would think possibly the ECM is causing the problem. Those ECMs can cause many strange symptoms and running problems.
With your problem, if the ICM is not bad and in consideration of what you have already said, I would think possibly the ECM is causing the problem. Those ECMs can cause many strange symptoms and running problems.
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well, i don;'t know what to tell you other then that was the problem with my car in the past. replaced the electronic spark control module and the car started.
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I would agree with badabing9 and with your symptoms the only reliable check is by substitution. Any bench check of the unit will probably not show anything up.
With your problem, if the ICM is not bad and in consideration of what you have already said, I would think possibly the ECM is causing the problem. Those ECMs can cause many strange symptoms and running problems.
With your problem, if the ICM is not bad and in consideration of what you have already said, I would think possibly the ECM is causing the problem. Those ECMs can cause many strange symptoms and running problems.
especially if the ignition control module is thermally intermittant.
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Sounds like a heat related issue? Can you get a can of Freeze Spray? Maybe just try a bag of ice on the ECM or the module and see if the heat is the cause? If you can fix it by cooling something off, that is probably the culprit?
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ESC doesn't have that much "control". I don't know what model year you have, but if it was a late 80's or early nineties with a memcal, then I would suspect the problem was in the calibration chip there, rather than the ESC portion.
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also, it would be hard to determine at what temperature the "icm" would become thermally intermittant and by the time you got it to fault, removed the cap, etc, the effort would be an exercise in futility. just replace the module. ice on the ecm is well
.find a substitute and swap it out. any moisture that should intrude into the ecm will have undesirable effects.