88 Caprice w/troubles

[Mark Romans]

Y engine is Oldsmobile Specific 307 cu in.  No chevy parts fit.  350 "R" or
403 will bolt in, all Olds engines.  They are 160 baud.  REALLY SLOW.
Mark
-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Shaw <bshaw at connix.com>
To: gmecm at efi332.eng.ohio-state.edu <gmecm at efi332.eng.ohio-state.edu>
Date: Wednesday, December 08, 1999 7:43 PM
Subject: 88 Caprice w/troubles


>Hi guys,
>
>My wife's 88 Caprice wagon (carbed 'Y' Olds motor with a 8330
>ECU running a ADAY bin) is showing an intermittent SES light.  Within
>a couple minutes of starting it'll come on,  then be on for a couple of
minutes,
>then go off again for a couple of minutes,  repeating as long as the car's
>running.  It's running real rich,  but doesn't set any trouble codes.  P.O.
>said they'd taken it to mechanics who swapped ECUs a couple of times and
>were stumped by it.  They concluded it was an intermittent break somewhere
>in the harness and told the P.O. it'd cost more than the car is worth to
fix.
>
>I just got Andrew's ALDL interface working and I intend to watch the ALDL
>stream and see if something changes drastically when the SES changes.  I
>haven't found any references to this particular ECU on the web.  Is this a
160
>baud aldl or 8192 baud?  The only software that I've found for 160 baud is
>Peter's ALDL.exe  which looks like it may do the trick for me,  but is
there
>any other 160 baud compatible software out there I should be looking at?
>
>Also,  while I'm asking about this car,  will an intake from a SBC fit this
Olds
>motor?  If so which ones? It's pathetically anemic,  and crying for an
upgrade.
>
>Any comments or suggestions would be appreciated.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Bill
>