CEL @ 1.0bar

Cody Forbes cody at 500tq.com
Sat Sep 11 11:16:55 EDT 2004



> Cody Forbes writes:
>> I've had my CEL lighting up for roughly a week now any time I'm at or =
>> over 1.0bar on the EFI'd '87 5ktq. IIRC this could signify a bad or =
>> disconnected IAT sensor right? Any other things it might mean? It is not 
>> =
>> related to the WOT switch, definately only related to pressure. Is the =
>> IAT sensor used for anything on the ignition side? Since I'm running EFI 
>> =
>> with a separate IAT sensor I suppose I could ditch the stock one, but =
>> how can I trick the MAC-11 into not annoying me about it?
>
> Have you tried pulling the codes first before guessing at the
> source of fault?
>
> -Ti

Lol, embarasingly enough no! My car has been trouble free for so long now 
that I forgot all about that :-). Once the CIS is gone and with a new hall 
sensor it seems theres nothing left to break. I'll run the codes and get 
back to you, but I have a feeling that I'm going to get tons of phantom 
codes for things that were deleted with the CIS.

-Cody Forbes
http://www.5000tq.com
'86 5ktq
'87 5ktq 380whp
'88 90 4cyl



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