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Old Sep 3, 2010 | 03:19 PM
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Ok i have a 1991 c4 corvette and its running pretty bad the sys light comes on and there this clicking every once in a while where the lcd screen is. it and it trys to die when i stop at a red lights and and stuff i think its the ecm but not sure what it is if any body knows plz answer
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Old Sep 3, 2010 | 03:23 PM
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ps i has a slr chip that grounded it self out and went bad dont know if this helps
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Old Sep 3, 2010 | 03:34 PM
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what codes is it throwing?
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Old Sep 3, 2010 | 04:42 PM
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it had a code 45 Rich Exhaust Present i know thats the 02 sensor could that possibly be it that is the only code it is showing
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My 91 had similar symptoms. It turned out to be the ignition control module; you might want to check that. Good luck.
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ok ill check that out.thankz

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Originally Posted by joe3906
My 91 had similar symptoms. It turned out to be the ignition control module; you might want to check that. Good luck.
I have a 90 and it was the same thing..the ECM was bad
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k thanks for all the help it had a bad ecm all 8 injectors where bad so we replaced them and we rebuilt the distributor and know it runs as smooth as could be

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found out what was wrong all 8 injectors and vaccum leaks so if u are having the same problem check those things out and the ecm was bad
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