CUCV
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Ok, so the Burb decided to get stupid after a long time of trouble-free operation.
This past weekend while towing a pop-up, she started spewing black smoke under load- eventually throwing code. I assumed wastegate issue and drove on.
Check engine light cleared overnight. Next morning I go to start, turns for 1/2 second than stops. Voltage gauge dead, but lights don't dim on start position. ECM Maxi fuse blown. Replace fuse. All is well.
Return from trip and tighten vacuum lines and clean, lube wastegate solenoid.
Put on scanner, cleared p0236 code and took on a drive for about 45 minutes.
All was well then it stopped while driving. Fortunately I was right by my house.
It was midnight, so I didn't go through the troubleshooting from start to finish. That will be after work tonight starting with PMD, grounds, lift pump, etc. I had a die while driving twice before that was cured with new PMD's.
My question is- does the wastegate issue, ECM fuse issue and dead from driving have any relation or is it just coincidence?
I usually don't believe in coincidences, but with my fleet of crappy cars over the last 20 years, I have seen enough of them to know they exist.
Just throwing it out there to see if someone else experienced the same set of issues and related it to something. I couldn't come up with a logical reason they would be related.
Thanks.
This past weekend while towing a pop-up, she started spewing black smoke under load- eventually throwing code. I assumed wastegate issue and drove on.
Check engine light cleared overnight. Next morning I go to start, turns for 1/2 second than stops. Voltage gauge dead, but lights don't dim on start position. ECM Maxi fuse blown. Replace fuse. All is well.
Return from trip and tighten vacuum lines and clean, lube wastegate solenoid.
Put on scanner, cleared p0236 code and took on a drive for about 45 minutes.
All was well then it stopped while driving. Fortunately I was right by my house.
It was midnight, so I didn't go through the troubleshooting from start to finish. That will be after work tonight starting with PMD, grounds, lift pump, etc. I had a die while driving twice before that was cured with new PMD's.
My question is- does the wastegate issue, ECM fuse issue and dead from driving have any relation or is it just coincidence?
I usually don't believe in coincidences, but with my fleet of crappy cars over the last 20 years, I have seen enough of them to know they exist.
Just throwing it out there to see if someone else experienced the same set of issues and related it to something. I couldn't come up with a logical reason they would be related.
Thanks.
