Ets light is on after i replace the engine on this car
rev up fare 3,000 rpm poor or no idle

 

Is it possible you slightly bent the flywheel putting the tranny back on the motor?

 

How would a bent flywheel cause the ets light to come on
not idle properly and the throttle plate to seem non responsive

 

Because the crank sensor reads the motor moving. It will wack the entire system out.

I had one 2 weeks ago same issue. I checked the flywheel and it was good. Moved the ground wire to the proper position and removed the crank sensor. Then reinstalled the same crank sensor and started it up and all was fine.

It came in not going over 2500 RPM. It would act like the rev limiter was kicking in.

 

i change out the crank sensor from the other engine that i have and reset the computer and for a little bit it seem to get better then it went back to the way it was. you can here the throttle plate clicking when you first try to start it after the reset then you don't here it. is that because it goes back to limp mode. is there a manual way to read codes i have a snap on verus and it says that there is no codes in the computer but shouldn't there be if the ets light is on.

 

The ETS light is a seperate system. Sorry the Snap On one will not read it.

This must be the time for many cars to have this issue.

This car is the 4th car at the moment I know of having the same issue.
I actually have one that was towed in today with the exact same issue.
Hopefully tomorrow I will be looking at it. I will pass along my findings to see if they will help you.

 

Had a bad ground on brown wire in harness next to starter

 

Glad you found it. The car I was working on also had a bad ETM and cust. picked the car up and took it away. He was going to pull the ETM and send it off to get rebuilt.

 

i hate that f*cking ets light! i usually get it when i'm driving with my a/c on. and once i turn the car off, by the next time i'm ready to drive again, it's off!