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ETS Off comes on with B&M Shift+
Friday, October 21, 2005 7:06 AM
i know on some cars the ETS Off light comes on, BUT i believe in my case the car's pcm or an electronic sensor is thrown off and it throws the car from what it appears to be from 1 to 2 OR it throws the car into Open-Loop mode. for example, if you ever forgot to plug your IAT sensor back into your intake pipe it'll through the light and through the car into Open-Loop mode. will my sensors for the IAT is fine, i checked and double-checked the connecting wires on my B&M Shift+ for proper connection is also fine. its just wierd that once i turn the shifter+ onto 1 at any give time, it'll work like it should, then a few minutes later the ETS Off light goes on and it'll shift hard. with that i'll get a loud wheezing or 'beehive'-like noise emitting from between the driver's firewall and the engine. i do apologize for thie as a double post(tranny forum w/vid), but as of yet i have not had any help or opinions pertaining to this. thanks again in advance. im leading now that it might be a bad sensor of some sort. but until i have time and open up the chilton manual, where are the sensors on the cav, such as wheel speed sensor and hub sensor(4?) on the car?




*Devil Z*

Re: ETS Off comes on with B&M Shift+
Friday, October 21, 2005 8:21 AM
Well I have the same thing on my 99Z. The bee hive noise you have is torque converter shutter. Which is not really good thing or a bad thing, it is from the higher pressures on the torque converter. This is from the tolerances of your torque converter. I have had mine for little over a year now, and trans still is fine. A while ago, there was a couple of other people having the same thing, but I'm not sure if anything bad has happened to them, from the noise.

When you are in setting one, after the pressure builds up for a short while, it almost as if you are in setting 2. Maybe only a little less pressure than setting 2.

Your ETS off light is on due to the higher trans pressures, and is totally normal for the 4 cavs around here that have the B&M, and most other people on this site.

I do not believe your car is in open loop mode, because I know mine is not, when my ETS off light is on.

Hope that all helps and makes you feel better about your situation.

-MD-




PRND321 Till I DIE
Old Motor: 160whp & 152ft/lbs, 1/4 Mile 15.4 @88.2
M45 + LD9 + 4T40-E, GO GO GO
Re: ETS Off comes on with B&M Shift+
Friday, October 21, 2005 8:28 AM
ah ic, thank a million -MD- Z24 for the info and experience. the torque converter shutter is really annoying and mind you loud, it makes my car look like its gonna die from the looks of ppl, but i guess i can live with it, until someone finds a way to 'fix' the situation i'll try to cope with it.




*Devil Z*
Re: ETS Off comes on with B&M Shift+
Friday, October 21, 2005 8:35 AM
Yeah, my girlfriend is convinced my car is going to fall apart. *Roll




PRND321 Till I DIE
Old Motor: 160whp & 152ft/lbs, 1/4 Mile 15.4 @88.2
M45 + LD9 + 4T40-E, GO GO GO
Re: ETS Off comes on with B&M Shift+
Friday, October 21, 2005 1:18 PM
My car did this with the AutoTrans interceptor and now it even does it when the thing isn't even hooked up, so i thought it may have been the wheel speed sensors so I replaced them and it still does it, the only other thing in the system affecting this is the ecm or pcm. Anybody out there with any other ideas?



Re: ETS Off comes on with B&M Shift+
Friday, October 21, 2005 4:18 PM
Torque converter shutter usually happens when your tranny fluid is low.



Re: ETS Off comes on with B&M Shift+
Friday, October 21, 2005 8:34 PM
in my case though, i just gotten new tranny fluid and its filled to the amount.




*Devil Z*
Re: ETS Off comes on with B&M Shift+
Friday, October 21, 2005 8:50 PM
Not to post jack or nothing but waht is the exzact code for the b&m shift plus? This is the one you can adjust in the car correct? Do you have a link for the one for a 2000 cavalier, 2200 SFI 4 speed auto?



Re: ETS Off comes on with B&M Shift+
Saturday, October 22, 2005 10:16 AM
Vincent Morris, theres a long thrread on the model and instructions on the install in the tranny forum or click here
http://www.j-body.org/forums/read.php?f=41&i=4376&t=4376




*Devil Z*
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