Resolved Bad ECU?

[luisgil]

Having some problems with my ecu recently. I noticed after doing my clutch that my turbo timer no longer works. Today my car left me and refused to start. So I jump started it and got home. On my way home the car started to turn off whike running! Popped the clutch and got home without letting my rpms fall. Second I stopped the car it all turned off. Got ky battery checked and it was bad. But Im suspecting my ecu being bad so I go ahead and take it apart. This is what I got
http://i959.photobucket.com/albums/ae74/DSM_Luis/Mobile Uploads/20140818_192919_zpsdqld1ckd.jpg


http://i959.photobucket.com/albums/ae74/DSM_Luis/Mobile Uploads/20140818_192840_zps12dxzsv2.jpg

 

[estoyaqui30]

Those pictures look fine. Mine looks exactly like that.

 

[bmxfelon420]

The capacitor looks a bit swollen though to me. Is it sticking out on top? Good ones should be relatively flat. Those cuts on them are so it blows out there rather than exploding all over the place when they go.

 

[luisgil]

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[luisgil]

Any more opinions? Want to know if I should either replace it or just keep running this one

 

[lasershark]

Kinda sounds alternator-ish to me.

 

[bmxfelon420]

Perhaps a bad relay? Or a bad ground? The simplest thing to do is clean your battery connections real good, make sure they're nice and tight and try again. You could also test what voltage you're seeing at the battery when its running to give an indication that the alternator is working.

 

[1990TSIAWDTALON]

Dont forget the alternator fuse under the hood too.

 

[luisgil]

Battery was bad. Alternator was bad. At one point the car did blow the alternator fuse and I did change it.

 

[lasershark]

Make sure you are not leaking any power steering fluid, it will wreck an alternator real quick. I had a leak, thought I fixed it, by the time I realized it was still leaking a little, the alternator crapped out... again.

 

[luisgil]

Only leak I got is an oil leak at the oil pan. Power steering is good

 

[luisgil]

Car is running good after the alternator and battery been changed.