[s-cars] RE: MTM ECU Problem

[Fifield, Douglas]

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Thanks Mihnea,

I have read your posts in the past and respect your opinions.

I am hoping that Anderson can correct the problem in my case.  MTM should
know what it is doing as both they and Anderson enjoy good reputations on
the list as far as I can tell.  Hopefully, I will have more to share soon.

Douglas

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From: Mihnea Cotet [mailto:mik at info.fundp.ac.be]
Sent: Friday, April 04, 2003 12:31 PM
To: Mike Platt; Fifield, Douglas
Cc: Bill Mahoney; Scar
Subject: Re: [s-cars] RE: MTM ECU Problem


FWIW, Ned has once had issues with an incorrect checksum in his chips,
which would cause the "bad ECU" fault code, as well as the check engine
light. In your case, I don't think this was the actual issue because the
check engine light would go out occasionally...


HTH,

Mihnea

At 10:17 4/04/2003 -0800, Mike Platt wrote:
>My old 94 S4 had problems with the check engine light
>after I did the upgrade form Ned at IA. The car always
>ran fine but the light would not go out. The dealer
>told me I had a bad ECU and they see that from people
>who have done chip upgrades in the past. The code is a
>bad ground to ECU related to soldering issues. I
>called Ned and he mentioned he has seen it before on
>some cars, but didn't feel it was related to his work.
>It would occassionally go out in warm weather. Since
>the car ran Ok I didn't pursue it further. I just
>figured I would not buy his setup again. I now have a
>MTM upgrade in the S6 avant, with no problems.
>Mike P
>
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>Yeah, that sound familiar.  The repeated stalling,
>starting, stalling
>is the
>same thing I experienced.  When I visited with the
>mechanic last night,
>he
>started the car and rapped on the ECU with his
>knuckle, the car died.
>Sounds like the same problem.
>
>I will report back to the list when I know more.
>
>
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