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Ecs??

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what does ECS mean? emissions control system or sensor? or what, it is on, it is one of the idiot lights in the dash, it show at the bottom of the tach?? what do i do about it to fix it?

Heh - you have the feedback carb. Sux don't it?

 

Pull the kick panel off and the feedback computer will blink the error codes to you. Post them here and we can tell you the codes - or get a haynes manual and it will have them listed.

 

Lets see - I bet you get "coolant temp sensor" and "O2 sensor" and probably a few more - fuel pump control is routed through the ECU also ;).

 

Feedback is teh suck. Wash your hands of it and get a Weber. Seriously. I've had two of them - EA81, and EA82. Of the two the EA82 was worse, but neither really ever ran correctly. Fixing all the sensors and vacuum switches will end up costing you more than a Weber, and you'll get better mileage and power from the weber. Hell - swapping to the EA82 SPFI would be less of a headache, and better mileage too.

 

GD

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no i have a weber, thats why i was wondering why the light is on, yes i have a 02 sensor, so that would affect my fuel pump? because i am having trouble with it

 

 

 

Heh - you have the feedback carb. Sux don't it?

 

Pull the kick panel off and the feedback computer will blink the error codes to you. Post them here and we can tell you the codes - or get a haynes manual and it will have them listed.

 

Lets see - I bet you get "coolant temp sensor" and "O2 sensor" and probably a few more - fuel pump control is routed through the ECU also ;).

 

Feedback is teh suck. Wash your hands of it and get a Weber. Seriously. I've had two of them - EA81, and EA82. Of the two the EA82 was worse, but neither really ever ran correctly. Fixing all the sensors and vacuum switches will end up costing you more than a Weber, and you'll get better mileage and power from the weber. Hell - swapping to the EA82 SPFI would be less of a headache, and better mileage too.

 

GD

You have the carter/weber or you have the DGV weber?

 

Anyway - if you want the light gone, remove the ECU.

 

Depending on the original carb setup, the ECU may control the FPCU - hard to say for sure. Just rewire the pump.

 

GD

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