Anyone have access to gm fault finding procudure?

[sands vsParticipant vs commodore View build HERE Member since: March 1, 2015 Posts: 619]

Hi guys,

 

 

Family members ve senator ls3 auto my08. It has died and come up safety mode enabled power reduced came up. Pulled a code PO601 Internal Control Module memory check sum error.

 

Clear the code, disconnect the battery. Starts for few seconds, minutes then dies.

 

Does anyone have the genuine holden diagnosis procedure for this code what to check etc. Apparently could mean a few things.

 

Im getting told a lot of mixed things from dead computer, to corrupt file to engine loom etc.

 

The internal holden documents are quite indepth on what to check step by step anyone have access to this would be greatly appreciated

 

 

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[sands vsParticipant vs commodore View build HERE Member since: March 1, 2015 Posts: 619]

Anyone at least know how to get out the computer or what we have to remove to get to see the serial on the computer?

 

 

We have a dead ve so any help would be muchly appreciated

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[VRSenator065Participant Adelaide SAVR Senator LSx454 1960 Kombi (project) 1921 Nash Hot Rod (future project) View build HERE Member since: February 17, 2015 Posts: 5 777]

Don’t know that theres too may VE guys on here Sands, maybe post it on the fb page?

 

[sands vsParticipant vs commodore View build HERE Member since: March 1, 2015 Posts: 619]

Cheers mate, bloody over complicated things they are..

 

 

Holden tells me tow it to us, leave it with us for a week new computer and the computer has to be sent to hsv. $2200 plus.

 

Yeah ill get online.

[VRSenator065Participant Adelaide SAVR Senator LSx454 1960 Kombi (project) 1921 Nash Hot Rod (future project) View build HERE Member since: February 17, 2015 Posts: 5 777]

Yea, a mate has a VE, have to say does seem they are a definite change to a less “user serviceable” platform.

[VH308Participant MelbourneVH Vacationer, Wrapped VT/X Wagon, Triton work truck View build HERE Member since: March 11, 2015 Posts: 32]

I think the ecu is under the fuse panel on driver side

 

Maybe suss out http://www.injectronics.com.au i cant search the car as im on my phone and it doesnt display properly but we send alot of ecu and pcm stuff their way

[NickVRParticipant AdelaideVR V8 Exec, VR SS, VF Redline Reserve View build HERE Member since: March 2, 2015 Posts: 264]

Sometimes when they throw heaps of random codes it means the battery os on it’s way out. My dad’s omega did that and one of the work cars (Ford Fiesta) did it recently.

Seems that is a common things with newer cars these days. If you know someone with a VE swap the battery out to try. No point buying a new one if it isn’t dead.

[Anonymous View build HERE Member since: January 1, 1970 Posts: 0]

NickVR wrote:

Sometimes when they throw heaps of random codes it means the battery os on it’s way out. My dad’s omega did that and one of the work cars (Ford Fiesta) did it recently. Seems that is a common things with newer cars these days. If you know someone with a VE swap the battery out to try. No point buying a new one if it isn’t dead.

This, E38’s are a whiny bitch at the best of times, takes very little for them to chuck a wobbly!

[SurfwagonParticipant HSV Z Senator LS2 View build HERE Member since: July 24, 2015 Posts: 25]

Anonymous wrote:

This, E38’s are a whiny bitch at the best of times, takes very little for them to chuck a wobbly!

I’ve heard the same about the E38 ecu glad the VZ LS2 HSV’s used the slightly bigger and been told better E40 ecu.

Funny how the LS2 in the VE used the E38 same as all other VE’s

 

[benkParticipant Sydney View build HERE Member since: August 23, 2015 Posts: 85]

Surfwagon wrote:

IJ. wrote:

This, E38’s are a whiny bitch at the best of times, takes very little for them to chuck a wobbly!

I’ve heard the same about the E38 ecu glad the VZ LS2 HSV’s used the slightly bigger and been told better E40 ecu. Funny how the LS2 in the VE used the E38 same as all other VE’s

actually I’ve found the E40 to be way more picky than the E38. E55 which is the small Alloytec ECU fitted on the cal head is by far the worst. Whoever thought it was a good idea to mount an ECU filled with tiny hairsized wires to the head and subject it to all the vibrations of each running engine really needs a recalibration…

some E38’s end up with random corruption of the Flash chip, no one that I know of can say exactly why it happens but could be anything from a bad flash program or voltage spike during cranking with weak battery etc.

[benkParticipant Sydney View build HERE Member since: August 23, 2015 Posts: 85]

Btw the E40 was a cross over between LS1 pcm and the E38 ECM (has same processor as the LS1 but rest of the architecture is more like an E38) from memory the E40 talks on the VPW bus where as E38 is CAN which is why the VE would use a E38 as they are all CAN bus.

[sands vsParticipant vs commodore View build HERE Member since: March 1, 2015 Posts: 619]

Thanks so much guys some brilliant and quite helpful information there. Looks like as meantioned above a battery issue. Brought a brand new 780cca battery its a beast lets hope no more gremlins… But its a ve commodore so…………..

[sands vsParticipant vs commodore View build HERE Member since: March 1, 2015 Posts: 619]

Well new battery and its still dying put a 780cca in it . We have ordered a new computer from the states and will get justin from ultimate wiring to copy it all over.

[sands vsParticipant vs commodore View build HERE Member since: March 1, 2015 Posts: 619]

Anyway turns out it was the computer in the end. Cars all sorted big thanks to justin from ultimate wiring top guy to deal with cant recommend him highly enough.

https://www.facebook.com/Ultimateconversionwiring/?fref=ts

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