88 Caprice w/troubles

[DC Smith]

Prolly the O2 sensor. Take a paper clip and get the codes out of it the
old fashioned way. Watch the SES light blink. :) I sold one of these
oldsmochebby's a while back.

Bill Shaw wrote:
> 
> 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

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