OMC ESA question

[KaGee]

'82 3.8L Chevy. In troubleshooting a intermittent stalling issue, ESA looks like it's not functioning. When cold, it makes no difference when playing with the interrupt switch. <br /><br />Has anyone ever had these act up when hot so the engine won't idle in gear? <br /><br />Has anyone ever bypassed an ESA for testing purposes?? If so, how?

 

[whywhyzed]

Re: OMC ESA question

Unplug the two connectors going to the ESA & then it's completely bypassed.

 

[jawzzy]

Re: OMC ESA question

that's what I did, and set my idle around 600rpm. Changes gears nice and smooth, and NO STALLING!!!!!!!!!

 

[whywhyzed]

Re: OMC ESA question

Me too. The lumpy idle would shake me out of gear quite nicely.<br />But then after I installed Pertronix, my idle became so smooth that I couldn't get it out of gear (even at 550).. be careful.. hitting parked boats/people/docks not good