Skillz
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- Dec 26, 2002
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Biloxi,
Mississippi
Hey, I've read the VFAQ about this topic, but it only tells how to put a 1991 in a 1990, and that it's possible to do this; however it doesn't say if a 1990 ECU will work in a 1991 car.
This is my problem. My car suddenly died while giving her a test drive after installing a stainless steel oil feed line on my turbo. Well, to make a long story short I took the oil filter bracket off, and sent it to a machine shop so they could take that inverted bolt out, when I got it back, I put it back on my car, hand tighten the oil filter, filled her with oil and went driving. Well, little did I know, they removed the oil cooler from the oil bracket when I gave it to them, and never tightened that bolt back up. Now, it all appeared to be on tight, when I hand tightened it, but that bolt came undone while driving around. Needless to say, all my oil came out of my engine, and all over the side of my car. I was going about 35ish when my car suddenly just died on me. All attempts to start it again failed. (I was stuck on a long bridge, at night, so I couldn't tell what the problem was.) Well, I got someone to push me off the bridge, and that's when I seen the oil was gone from my engine.
So I got my cousin to tow me back home, where I tightened that bolt. However, since then my car will NOT start. I figured it was the ECU, after doing some diagonistics. The engine turns over good when I try to start it. (Not too "freely" either) so I am sure I still have good pressure in the cylinders. I took apart my ECU, and I noticed the caps had leaked all over the board. I got a 1990 ECU from my cousin, that was workin just before we took it out of his car, but my car still will not start.
Any clues?
This is my problem. My car suddenly died while giving her a test drive after installing a stainless steel oil feed line on my turbo. Well, to make a long story short I took the oil filter bracket off, and sent it to a machine shop so they could take that inverted bolt out, when I got it back, I put it back on my car, hand tighten the oil filter, filled her with oil and went driving. Well, little did I know, they removed the oil cooler from the oil bracket when I gave it to them, and never tightened that bolt back up. Now, it all appeared to be on tight, when I hand tightened it, but that bolt came undone while driving around. Needless to say, all my oil came out of my engine, and all over the side of my car. I was going about 35ish when my car suddenly just died on me. All attempts to start it again failed. (I was stuck on a long bridge, at night, so I couldn't tell what the problem was.) Well, I got someone to push me off the bridge, and that's when I seen the oil was gone from my engine.
So I got my cousin to tow me back home, where I tightened that bolt. However, since then my car will NOT start. I figured it was the ECU, after doing some diagonistics. The engine turns over good when I try to start it. (Not too "freely" either) so I am sure I still have good pressure in the cylinders. I took apart my ECU, and I noticed the caps had leaked all over the board. I got a 1990 ECU from my cousin, that was workin just before we took it out of his car, but my car still will not start.
Any clues?
