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Old Mar 31, 2021 | 12:28 PM
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So, I have a 1985 C4 corvette with an ECM code of Flash,Flash,Flash,Pause,Flash,Flash but I can't figure out which code that is. Every site I've visited just lists off the codes, but nobody provides a codebook so you can actually figure out which code is being displayed. Does anyone have any info?
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So, I have a 1985 C4 corvette with an ECM code of Flash,Flash,Flash,Pause,Flash,Flash but I can't figure out which code that is. Every site I've visited just lists off the codes, but nobody provides a codebook so you can actually figure out which code is being displayed. Does anyone have any info?

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Flash,Flash,Flash,Pause,Flash,Flash = Code 32 which in an 85 is an EGR code.

You get the code by counting number of flashes between pausing.

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Code 32, EGR.

Not a critical code that requires immediate fixing unless your SES light just won't go out, won't hurt the engine to not have EGR working. 85's EGR is a little different from later years.
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