Ignition Control Module Keeps Burning Out
I agree with carfixer007 above ^^^^^^^
What region are you in?
I have a hard time imagining these going out so much. For example, my 1997 LeSabre with almost twice as many miles on it as yours and is still on the original ICM. Same module and same engine give or take a couple of small parts. It'* been to ten Western and midwestern states with me, and at least two more with previous owners. With me it has been through lots of 110+ degree misery, lots of below freezing misery, a bunch of -20 and lower misery, and a some of in-between. Way too much of that was in heavy traffic, and a bunch on the freeway. Never had a problem (knock on wood).
Not blaming you, just supplying some perspective for what these ICMs should be able to tolerate. Perhaps it is the connections not tight and clean or something, but the ICM should hold up for quite a while.
What region are you in?
I have a hard time imagining these going out so much. For example, my 1997 LeSabre with almost twice as many miles on it as yours and is still on the original ICM. Same module and same engine give or take a couple of small parts. It'* been to ten Western and midwestern states with me, and at least two more with previous owners. With me it has been through lots of 110+ degree misery, lots of below freezing misery, a bunch of -20 and lower misery, and a some of in-between. Way too much of that was in heavy traffic, and a bunch on the freeway. Never had a problem (knock on wood).
Not blaming you, just supplying some perspective for what these ICMs should be able to tolerate. Perhaps it is the connections not tight and clean or something, but the ICM should hold up for quite a while.
Car used to be in IL and currently in Texas. Car is currently at the shop and it sounds likes something might be wrong with the engine itself. Connection I assume is clean and tight. But hey may not even be the problem now
Hey I get what you are saying from your last post. From the expert mechanic from the shop, he personally looked at my car since he worked on many different years of Buicks (Been a mechanic most of his life, worked on cars in New York, now in Texas where I'm at). Says with my model and year, he'* seen them just once electrical issues just happening from age and whatnot, the car can just be picky, good brands or not. Good news is its not an engine issue. The starter was not giving it enough juice to fully turn over to allow them to even get started on seeing whats up with the ICM. Thankfully a lot of my stuff was under warranty since I got work done. He replaced the starter ( which they actually had to go through 2 or 3 swaps of them because each one wasn't giving them problems, he demanded they give him a new starter and not remanufactured and it started right up with the new). From there he re-replaced the ICM (dialectic grease underneath), spark plugs, cables, all under warranty. The other thing he did was that noticed the positive clamp for the positive cable was not holding a good grip on it regardless of how much he tightened it so he replaced it with a new clamp and made sure it had a solid connection. As of now, I drove it today and had no problem so far though still on edge with all the stalling that has happended. I do personally feel it being still a bit different since all this started (acceleration being the main notice. just doesn't accel as quick from what I remember but maybe I'm wrong. Its an old car but I've done a fuel injector service. The time it felt normally is when I used my AC Delco ICM brand but Im not gonna touch anything. If anything maybe replace MAS and MAP.) So right now everything is working
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