Its been a bad day

[hubz91talontsi]

Went to go buy a car today. While driving back home it died. Make a wired click noise right before it went. Nothing special i was just sitting at a stop light...then bang. Died.

Car is a 90 eclipse gst.
-Mods
Big 16g, Still 450 injectors. Something is wrong with boost hits 20psi. I know thats not good but i don't think it was the engine. (I was at no where near 20psi at any point of my way home. I was following my dad. Maybe 9 at max)
MAFT, and FMIC. We took it on a pretty serious test drive nothing wrong at all. I was even about an hour away from home (After already driving 45-60min) And it just randomly died. It tires to crank. Car ran great..i just don't get it.

Maybe the ecu? Maybe MAFT? Shoot some idea's at me. Im just so feed up with this.

 

[hubz91talontsi]

Well i got some pictures of the ecu. Ran down and pulled it out. I got fish! But nothing very noticable and the ecu looks brand new!

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[hubz91talontsi]

anyone with any idea's? =X

 

[ROOKIE1]

close up shot of the capacitors . 3 silver things center left . 2 same 1 different sizes . Those start to leak on the board .

 

[ROOKIE1]

http://www.vfaq.com/mods/wayback/caps.htm

 

[Burnett03]

Take pictures of the back of the board

 

[hubz91talontsi]

The back and the caps both look fine but i can smell fish. Its clearly there. And thats what i smelt when the car died. I just cant see any evidence of it. The timing belt also looks a little loose.

 

[92awddsm]

As far as the ECU is concerned, it depends on what month your car was built. Initially, these cars for 1990 were made in 1989 and all the turbos used the same ECU, part
MD128625 later in 1990, they switched to different part numbers The ECU you are looking at there is a later model 1990 AWD turbo ECU(MD145509) so it depends which ECU is in your car.

Both part #'s work fine in the 90. If it is an md166262 or later, 2 wires have to be swapped at the ecu plug.

 

[hubz91talontsi]

Will the awd ecu work just to test to see if it starts up or will it fry something?

 

[92awddsm]

Will the awd ecu work just to test to see if it starts up or will it fry something?

It will work fine.

 

[costas14]

that sucks, you should call up the person you bought the car from and get at least a couple hundred bucks back, he prob sold the car to you as mint, i at least knew what i was getting into

 

[hubz91talontsi]

I just bought a ecu off ebay, hopeing to get it this week some time. =D If thats not the problem...im screwed.