ecu messed up ?

[joshrww]

ok well iv got my tsi modded out and went and had the exhaust put on and a few other thing at this shop and the thing in a beast atm.. but today i was going down the road and my rear o2 sensor fell out, it shorted out something and my car lost all power so i took it back to the show and showed them it and they replaced my ecu with a new one out of a gsx. the car is back to running like a dream but i have 2 questions,

first question is will this ecu be ok ? i mean its from a gsx and i have a tsi.

second question is can i save my ecu ? as my old one was eprom and the new one is not.. but its from the same year just from a gsx not a tsi.

 

[slowboy101]

yes they are the same ecu's and with saving the ecu well are you sure it's fried?

 

[steve]

It's very likely the EPROM can be saved if it was the the rear O2 sensor shorting out the ECU.
Sounds like you may have blown the sensor ground and that's not too hard to fix.

 

[snowborder714]

Here's how to tell (if you open up the ECU) if you blew the sensor ground.
blownsensorground [ECMTuning - wiki]

 

[joshrww]

thanks for that post snow i took my ecu apart and that is exactly what mine has done!
now do u have a step by step on how to solder in the new joint ? i know the bored has some stuff on it like glue?


edit i fixed the ecu with some wire and solder. now does anyone want to buy this other ecu ? its out of a 1995 gsx.