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Old 05-21-10, 02:09 PM
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Unhappy throttle cut out

im 16 and my first car is an 89 vert i dont know a ton about cars but thats what im on here for..after about 15 to 30 mins of driving the check engine light comes on and it the car loses all power when i press on the gas it just "putts" until i get it in a certain spot and it will run but has no power..if i turn it off then start it back up its good for a bout the same amount of time then it does it again..i read the writeup on grounds and i found another thread of a guy with a similar problem but idt its the same
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Limp mode. The Metering Oil Pump (MOP) has likely failed. When this happens, the MOP and ECU need to be replaced. You can pull codes to be sure: http://www.johnr.com/cpucodes.html.

Codes 20, 26, 27 or 37 are all MOP related.
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thank you,the left side of my ecu isn't showing power, do you know where i can find a replacement?
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