[s-cars] RE: MTM ECU Problem

[Mihnea Cotet]

Hi Douglas,

Agreed for the fact that Herr Peter Link from MTM knows what he's doing, my
respect goes to him! I can't commit for Andersen or Hoppen but as long as
they're reselling official copies, there should be no big issues with that...

Good luck!

Mihnea



At 12:43 4/04/2003 -0600, Fifield, Douglas wrote:

>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
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Mihnea Cotet [<mailto:mik at info.fundp.ac.be>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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