Project WDE Talon

[j2k4]

Somehow it feels good to admit a tiny mistake like that, eh?

[BigTyla]

Somehow it feels good to admit a tiny mistake like that, eh?

Happens to the best of us.

[BigTyla]

Decided to take a look at my ECU before I sent it off to ECMLink to get it socketed.

Clean board, eh?



Looking at the capacitors and the drivers, everything appeared normal...



...until I looked at the back.



That might be a problem!

[Blackmount]

damn dood! lol.

are you running ECM link?

if so I know you can pick up a ECU w\ Link for considerably cheaper on DSMTuners then buying new and having your ecu socket ed.

[BigTyla]

damn dood! lol.

are you running ECM link?

if so I know you can pick up a ECU w\ Link for considerably cheaper on DSMTuners then buying new and having your ecu socket ed.

I am, but I have a thing about buying used. I'd rather get this ECU fixed up and know that the socket was done properly and is a v3 setup.

[Blackmount]

i understand

[BigTyla]

I've been communicating with Thomas @ ECMTuning about my ECU. I was advised that the damage looked pretty substantial, and that it would probably be best from a reliability standpoint to just get a new EPROM ECU from them and have them hook me up with v3 instead of repairing my ECU AND socketing it. He said my damage was repairable but when we factored the amount of time likely needed to repair the ECU and socket it, it turned out being about $50 less than getting a new EPROM ECU. Add to that the fact that I can have the ECU in my hands about 2-3 days earlier and the extra $50 doesn't seem so bad (especially for an ECU that's probably going to be more reliable).

So basically I'm stuck with a bad ECU, which is to be expected at times when making purchases off eBay. I think I might try my hand at repairing it to see if I can get it working properly again. Better than using it as a paperweight.

[Blackmount]

that is NOT the ecu that u used to start the car with correct?

[BigTyla]

Yeah it was. So I have to do some benchmarking on the car to make sure nothing was affected. It definitely explains the ISC problem.

Lesson: don't take an advertised-as-good ECU and put it in your car without checking.

[Blackmount]

Yup I remember with my laser I ordered a used ECU that was "Tested" before I got it, and it ended up being bad and even worse then the bad one that was originally in the car, So I returned it and found a manufactured one for half the price lol.


at least that one you have is good for diagnosing a bad ecu as well.. I've seen quite a few ECU's come from ECMtuning, and they are bad, sometimes don't even power on. Still a good company though, they just have hicups.