keep frying icm
keep frying icm So I chased down the no start to an icm but now I've been through 3 within the past week I have it spaced away from the head and I use the grease that come along the icm. I have the ground straight to the head.
I don't know what to look for a bad ground? Or wire or is there something else that could be frying them
I don't know what to look for a bad ground? Or wire or is there something else that could be frying them
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There's lots of things, Usually it comes from a voltage problem, a Pontiac I had back on 08 fried icm's all the time till I checked the alternator to be putting out 17 volts! 
One thing I can tell you is to Use heat sink compound instead of the grease, it'll protect it a lot better. That grease isn't really doing you much. In Some cases a cap and rotor will cause one to fail.
Just for kicks what brand ICM have you been buying/using?
One thing I can tell you is to Use heat sink compound instead of the grease, it'll protect it a lot better. That grease isn't really doing you much. In Some cases a cap and rotor will cause one to fail. Just for kicks what brand ICM have you been buying/using?
Well I had some that I had sitting around for a blazer but I recently bought a borg warner just so I could get them warranted and keep getting new ones haha the problem started when a heater core hose snapped and sprayed coolant everywhere I'll check the alternator see what voltage it's running I'm pretty sure something messed up when it got wet but I got a new delphi opti so I'm pretty positive it's not the cap and rotor
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I recently replaced my Icm with a standard motor products piece . I overheated the car due to a blown hose and im assuming thats the reason my icm burned up was heat. How much are you guys spacing the icm off the head? Just using washers? is the ac delco option proven to be the most reliable? Thanx
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I recently replaced my Icm with a standard motor products piece . I overheated the car due to a blown hose and im assuming thats the reason my icm burned up was heat. How much are you guys spacing the icm off the head? Just using washers? is the ac delco option proven to be the most reliable? Thanx
OK so after testing the alternator it puts out 14.4v and testing the icm harness every terminal tested good but I know on terminal B anything between 1 and 4 volts is suppose to good mine was 1.4v I know that's in the range but should I look into that?
A - 12.6v
B - 1.4v
C - 0.01 ohm
D- 12.6v
Idk where to go from here
A - 12.6v
B - 1.4v
C - 0.01 ohm
D- 12.6v
Idk where to go from here
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