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Old Jan 2, 2014 | 03:01 PM
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You can reattach dipstick tube but that wont stop the blow by. If you are lucky you can try some sea foam or lucas and maybe that will help rings. I aint never been that lucky
 
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Old Jan 2, 2014 | 03:45 PM
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Codes are separated by a 2-second pause and they are flashed out twice in succession. Kem is right though that most EEC-IV computers that old give 2-digit codes.

There is no Code 221 or 526 to my knowledge even in the 3-digit computers.

11 - system pass

73 - Insufficient throttle change during "goose test". (means the administrator [you] didn't hold RPMs above 2000 during the test or for long enough).

32 - EVP sensor indicated low signal return voltage. (means either the EGR valve is stuck open [clean the valve] or the EVP sensor is bad [replace it]. Cleaning the valve is less expensive and a more common problem).

22 - MAP (Manifold Absolute Pressure) sensor was out of range. (Make sure that one of those vacuum lines you can't find, is running to the MAP sensor mounted near the air conditioning bulkhead on the firewall. It should be a direct line from the manifold vacuum tree to the MAP sensor).

55 - Indicates that the circuit from the keyswitch to the ECA (EEC-IV computer) was open [off]. (This is an odd one since this circuit is typically common with the fuel pump circuit and without it the pump doesn't usually run. Its not impossible, just rare).

36 - No such Code as far as any of my information shows.
 
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Old Jan 2, 2014 | 04:53 PM
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My check engine light also comes on. I suspect after taking note of when it comes on that it's the EGR valve being stuck that activates the check engine light. The light goes off with a restart, comes on when I'm cruising and I come off the pedal. Just the time when the EGR would be activated.
 
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