[Shotimes] ECC Codes...

[Kevin & Cheryl Airth]

Tim:
 Follow the first advice and see what codes come back. The 215 should mean a
bad coil in the coil pack. These are not real common failures and can
sometimes come and go. Sounds like a sticky IAB to me? Maybe due to lack of
use?
.
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> Well, I was driving my '94 MTX the other night and ran into some trouble.
> While sitting in a parking lot, the engine slowly started to die and in
> about 5 seconds of trying to idle the RPMs dropped and the car stalled.  I
> tried restarting the car and would run into the same problem.  I waited
> about 10 minutes and all was well for the trip back to my house.  This
> afternoon I pulled the codes to see if it left anything in memory from
last
> night.
>
> The hard codes I got were:
> 114 - ACT Out of Range
>
> Memory Codes:
> 215 - Coil 1 Primary Circuit Failure
> 542 - Fuel Pump Secondary Circuit Failure (another site lists this as
"fuel
> pump open, bad ground")
>
> I am wondering what exactly the 215 code represents- DIS failure, coil
> failure or wiring problem?  This is the first time I have pulled codes
since
> I got the car in July and haven't driven the car much since I need to take
> care of a few other things that I just haven't had the time to handle, so
> I'm not even sure the memory codes are current issues or just left over
ones
> from some previous issue.  Any help is greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Tim Grattan