1988 Pontiac Sunbird ecu keeps dying

1988 PONTIAC SUNBIRD
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REDSUNBIRDMAN
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Electrical problem
1988 Pontiac Sunbird 4 cyl Front Wheel Drive Automatic
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I have had 7-8 modules in this car in just 7 years! Yesterday it died again on the road, then restarted and started smoking, couldnt trace the cause, I recently rebuilt everything from the block up. Any ideas. It has had a bad miss from even before I put a new distributor and head on it.
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Sep 9, 2008 at 11:05 AM
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DOCFIXIT
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What color is the smoke? Did it continue smoking after restart?
Sep 9, 2008 at 11:21 AM
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Hi and thanks for getting back so soon.
The smoke which was fairly white(sounds like water), mostly had stopped by the time I limped it back to work. I did find no. 1 plug was in bad shape-kinda crumbly near the electrode.
Sep 10, 2008 at 11:37 AM
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I suspect a headgasket failure the stuff on # 1 plug is probably antifreeze.
Sep 10, 2008 at 12:29 PM