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Re: 1991 Montero 3.0L 4X4 AT will not run and frying computers [Re: fasteddy] #977499 01/02/10 11:04 PM
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Body Damage is Cool
Quote
A shorted idle speed control can cause fried ecu's...


"Bingo" in my case.

-jeff


1991 4dr RS, ATK 3.0, auto. Now with zero trans fats!
Re: 1991 Montero 3.0L 4X4 AT will not run and frying computers [Re: Geophie] #977500 01/03/10 09:56 AM
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Any resolution to your problem?


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Re: 1991 Montero 3.0L 4X4 AT will not run and frying computers [Re: LandRaider] #977501 01/04/10 01:29 AM
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Yeah, I hate that echoing silence, too....


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Re: 1991 Montero 3.0L 4X4 AT will not run and frying computers [Re: fasteddy] #977502 01/04/10 02:00 AM
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Did "bingo" mean he found the problem or won the Saturday nite jackpot @ the American Legion?


Va_Stumpy
89 Raider
"Never judge horsepower by exhaust"
3.0
automatic
stock as a rock
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Re: 1991 Montero 3.0L 4X4 AT will not run and frying computers [Re: LandRaider] #977503 01/04/10 03:01 PM
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No.. not a resolution yet... Im working on tracing wiring now that I know which part of the ECU has fried (top and bottom pins on the far left side looking at the top)Sorry about the silence but the weather has not been cooperating to well with me I'll do a better job keeping you informed!


1990+ Montero SWB V6 AUTO (Build in Progress)
31X11.5X15 Super Swamper TSL
15X8 aluminum wheels
1.5" suspension lift

1992 Jeep Cherokee 4.0L Auto (Build in Progress)
31X10.5X15
Stock Wheels
2.5" rear/stock front lift
fenders trimmed
Re: 1991 Montero 3.0L 4X4 AT will not run and frying computers [Re: Mudslinger77] #977504 01/07/10 05:43 AM
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Let's you and me hang out by your right front fender a minute, eh?

-Remove your negative battery cable and set it away from the battery terminal.
-remove the breather hose off your throttle body and pull it and the air cleaner end out gently, not banging around the darned MAF sensor
-unplug that piece of crap idle air control solenoid that's just under the throat of your throttle body and remove the solenoid's two 8mm screws...
-remove the solenoid and its rubber o-ring (or what's left of it) from the TB
-go get your hayne's manual or your (say it ain't so...) Shiny and new FACTORY SERVICE MANUAL
-grab a digital multitester and a 6 volt lantern battery and test your poor, pitiful idle air control solenoid per manual directions.
-then go to napa and order a new one for about 104 bucks.
Echlin# 2-19243, I think.

Afternotes:
Adjusting the Throttle Position Sensor and/or ICS setting is rather useless if you don't first remove all cable tension from the transmission kickdown cable on the throttle body's belcrank (auto trans).

Don't hook the battery back up if you're not finished screwing with the sensors.


1991 4dr RS, ATK 3.0, auto. Now with zero trans fats!
Re: 1991 Montero 3.0L 4X4 AT will not run and frying computers [Re: Geophie] #977505 01/07/10 05:51 AM
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Another note:
I've beaten this dead horse a few years back but I may as well tell it again.

My blasted windshield rubber was leaking and it permitted windshield wiper fluid to leak ONTO my TWELVE HUNDRED dollar computer, rendering its little ground wire at most, ineffective.

(Make sure your ECM is properly grounded, even if it means you have to run another ground wire. Look for the telltale signs of crystallized, dried windshield washer fluid around the ECM and nearby wiring.)


1991 4dr RS, ATK 3.0, auto. Now with zero trans fats!
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