Ecu dead, but cars runs-HOW!

[Sachelle Babbar <sbabbar@iris.nyit.edu>]

Yesterday, my ecu went dead. NO display, no check engine, no codes
(possible). The car wouldn't start, so I fiddled with things and I saw
that when I turned my fool pump "on", the display came up and the car ran.
The reading was off by a lot and was not showing boost. It would generally
stay in the 0.0 area. I looked this morning at what I suspected and it was
the groung wire to the manifold broken. Anyway, if someone suffers a dead
ecu, and the suspicion is a bad connection (that you can't find), try
brdging the fuel pump connections to get you back home. I figured that
this was supplying power to the ecu through a different route, thus the
off reading. I don't think the ecu will work properly during this (I
didn't notice much).

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*Steve                                             Sachelle Babbar
*'87  5000CS Turbo 5spd 1.3-2.0 bar             <SBABBAR@IRIS.NYIT.EDU>
*Cockpit adjustable wastegate, AudiSport badge
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*Disclaimer:"Any information contained herein is based purely on my own
*personal experience and may not necessarily reflect yours. Use caution as
*your results may vary from mine."
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