[Shotimes] Still having problems, PLEASE Help!

[D Potter]

That computer is no computer at all (Well, not that complicated, anyway).
It's basically a circuitboard with less thana handfull of resistors,
capacitors, power transistors and relays on it. It's purpose is to take
low-voltage, low-amp signals from the engine control systems and use them to
provide 12V, mid or high-amp power to several specific devices, namely the
radiator fan, fuel pump and a/c clutch. With the symptoms you metioned, I'd
highly suspect you've got a component in this box that is near dead and is
disabling the fuel pump due to heat saturation, or the power contacts for
the fuel pump relay are corroded and the pump is not getting full voltage,
with heat expansion in the relay making the problem worse. This "computer"
is known as the ICRM or CCRM, depending upon what year your SHO was built.

DP


----- Original Message -----
From: "SHO GOS" <shogos@earthlink.net>
To: <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, December 15, 2002 11:38 PM
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Still having problems, PLEASE Help!


> I have a winter time problem. When going Christmas shopping from store to
> store at times I find that when I start my SHO it acts like it's running
on
> 3 cyl. and stalls out. You have to give it gas, pump it a bit as it is
> stumbling and bring it up to 2000 rpm for a little bit then it straightens
> out and runs right. There's a computer under the plastic info board that
is
> over the radiator. I put a small piece of wood on top of that computer to
> hold that plastic piece up and allow more air to that computer. That seems
> to help out. I think that computer gets hot and doing a lot of stop and go
> and short runs where the engine doesn't really cool down even though the
> idiot gauge says it's normal produces a lot of heat when I shut the engine
> down.
>
> I'm not sure if this is the same problem that your having or not. The wood
> doesn't solve the problem but it does help. I'm going to put a heat sink
and
> muffin fan on that computer to see if that solves the problem.
>
> SHO GOS 95 Green/Gray ATX 90K
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kevin & Cheryl Airth" <clubairth@cajunnet.com>
> To: <BulDawg78@aol.com>; <shotimes@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Saturday, December 14, 2002 11:23 AM
> Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Still having problems, PLEASE Help!
>
>
> > Adam:
> >  Get away from that mechanic! The failure rate of the PCM is very small.
> > When people state that it's the computer they really mean "I don't have
> > clue!". You need to find out if it's an ignition or fuel problem. Can
you
> > hear the fuel pump running? Is there fuel pressure at the test valve on
> the
> > engine? Does the engine have spark? Have you ran the codes? It sounds
> > electrical and could be a simple as a loose connection or wire. Why is
it
> > not the DIS,crank sensor or cam sensor? Have these been replaced?
> > Let the list know what you find.
> > .
> > .
> > .
> >
> > >             My sho wouldn't start after 30 seconds of use (e.g. leave
> > work, go
> > > to gas station). The mechanic couldn't find anything and gave me a few
> > good
> > > reasons to the problem being the X2J computer. Well, I threw away 220
> > bucks
> > > for nothin.. a few hours after I had it home, it wouldn't start again,
> and
> > > then I got it to start when I gave the gas pedal a good swift kick.
Does
> > > anyone have any ideas as to what could be possessing my SHO? It's NOT
> the
> > cam
> > > sensor, the dis, or the crank sensor. Fuel pump is new (although
things
> > can
> > > go bad at any age).
> > >
> > >              -TIA
> > >
> > >                         -Adam
> > >
> > > Possessed '94 MTX
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