BanuHaqim
10-04-2005, 02:36 AM
I have a 1986 Camaro. I'll try to make a long story short.
The car has been stored for 6 years. It wasn't started for 6 years. Last Tuesday, I retrieved the car from storage and replaced the spark plugs and filled the cylinders with oil. I let it sit for about an hour then fired it up. It took about 10 minutes to burn off all of the oil. I let it run for about 10 more minutes after that. No problems, no Service Engine Soon light, nothing but that smooth purr.(I'd rather burn a little oil than risk scoring a cylinder) I let the car sit until today. I let it heat up, flushed and refilled the coolant, drained the oil, changed the filter, added new oil, and replaced the transmission filter and fluid. While I was flushing the coolant, it ran for about 30 minutes. Everything again went well.
I parked the car and ran a few errands. The car sat idle again for about 4 hours. When I got back I fired up the engine and let it run for about 10 minutes. Then I get a Service Engine light. I whip up a jumper and read the codes. I get codes 21 and 41. I look them up in my trusty Chilton manual and also in the various online forums. I know WHAT the codes are, but I have no idea what they MEAN. OK 21 is TPS volts Hi. I have a carbureted engine. There is no TPS. I can't find what this code means for an H engine. Can anyone shed any light on it for me?
The 41 code seems to be a general purpose error code. I'm not even sure of where to start on this one. Does anyone have any experience with it?
I'd really appreciate if someone can help me out.
The car has been stored for 6 years. It wasn't started for 6 years. Last Tuesday, I retrieved the car from storage and replaced the spark plugs and filled the cylinders with oil. I let it sit for about an hour then fired it up. It took about 10 minutes to burn off all of the oil. I let it run for about 10 more minutes after that. No problems, no Service Engine Soon light, nothing but that smooth purr.(I'd rather burn a little oil than risk scoring a cylinder) I let the car sit until today. I let it heat up, flushed and refilled the coolant, drained the oil, changed the filter, added new oil, and replaced the transmission filter and fluid. While I was flushing the coolant, it ran for about 30 minutes. Everything again went well.
I parked the car and ran a few errands. The car sat idle again for about 4 hours. When I got back I fired up the engine and let it run for about 10 minutes. Then I get a Service Engine light. I whip up a jumper and read the codes. I get codes 21 and 41. I look them up in my trusty Chilton manual and also in the various online forums. I know WHAT the codes are, but I have no idea what they MEAN. OK 21 is TPS volts Hi. I have a carbureted engine. There is no TPS. I can't find what this code means for an H engine. Can anyone shed any light on it for me?
The 41 code seems to be a general purpose error code. I'm not even sure of where to start on this one. Does anyone have any experience with it?
I'd really appreciate if someone can help me out.