[Shotimes] ECC Codes...

[Kevin & Cheryl Airth]

Rich:
 How did you find this? Good job on the troubleshooting!!
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> Replying to myself here, but my problem is solved...
>
> It turns out the self tapping screw for the computer ground that goes
through
> the strut tower was loose, and stripped. So the ground wire kept flapping
> around, the computer would cut, and the car would die. That's also why I
> wasn't getting any codes. The shop didn't find this at all, despite having
> the car for a day and a half and supposedly having many people look at it.
At
> least they didn't even TRY to charge me a diagnosis fee.
>
> So, I fixed the stripping by putting a real bolt and nut through the strut
> tower. Immediately I got back a bunch of codes:
> 636 - Trans Oil Temp Sensor Out Of Range
> 539 - AC or Defrost on
> 117 - ECT circuit grounded
> 118 - ECT circuit open
> 157 - MAF circuit below min voltage
>
> Well, I stopped and got a new ECT and installed that. I had a spare MAF,
so I
> put that one on.
>
> I'm ignoring the 539 and the 636. I did accidentally have the heater on
when I
> ran the test, and running the test again without the heater on didn't show
> that code. As for the 636, the car wasn't at operating temperature at all.
In
> fact, it's 36 or so degrees outside. After I got the ECT (took all of 10
> minutes) and MAF on, the car started right up, ran fine. I let it idle for
> about 10 minutes to warm up, re-ran the KOEO test, and got 111, just what
I
> wanted to see.
>
> Thanks for everyone's help on this one, and have a great turkey day.
>
> Rich