FINAL: 95.5 S6 wont start due to a bad ECU

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... I found that there was a "brute force" regulator/protector on the
incoming power lines of the MAC-02 which had shorted out due to a voltage
rgulator failure ... we found a replacement zener and tried it out ... the
ECU was back in the pink.  My modus operandi is ... hey, if the thing is a
doorstop anyway I'm not going to make things worse by trying to fix it!
Open it up and see if you can't reverse engineer the incoming power
circuitry ...

As to repair ... I don't know how many "tuners" go deep enough into things
to really be able to help.  I do know that Ned Ritchie has helped his
customers with that sort of thing ... perhaps he can fix your ECU when he
upgrades it ... no BTDT from me though ...

Good luck!
Steve Buchholz
San Jose, CA (USA)


> The saga finally ends with a diagnosis. It's the ECU. My inappropriate
> charging of a dead battery I am sure did it.
>
> Who can reliably fix this unit? Any info here would be appreciated.
>
> I am considering doing a Stage I ECU upgrade while I am at it. Of the many
> tuners noted on the S-cars site (ABT, Anderson Motorsport (MTM), IA,
Hoppen
> Motorsport, Wetterauer, Total Audi Performance, Superchips, etc) is there
a
> consensus on which one is the best for everyday driving.
>
> Which of these tuners also has the ability to repair the ECU?