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What are you going to do with the ECU? Repair it or replace it? I would think if you could find the burnt component, you could replace it, or probably better to send it to somebody who does this for a living.
What are you going to do with the ECU? Repair it or replace it? I would think if you could find the burnt component, you could replace it, or probably better to send it to somebody who does this for a living.
Fischer Motors is where the car is at now. Once they replace the other failed solenoid (the first one failed 4 months ago), they’ll send this ECU to ECU doctors to have it repaired.
Just an update on the final repair: ECU doctors repaired the ECU, and Fischer Motors replaced the solenoid, along with tensioner pads on BOTH sides of the engine. My cam deviation numbers before this work was (-3, -1) and now my numbers are (0, 0). One thing the mechanic said is that if the cam deviation is -6, -6, there's still the problem of the cams being out of time with respect to the crank, which is a problem, even though the cams are identical. So it's not just -6 delta between the two numbers, there's also an absolute number that's important. Once they replaced the tensioner pads on one side, it made my cam deviation worse until they did the pads on the other side. One last thing: I had the mechanic pull the sump plate to inspect and bore scope a couple of cylinders (numbers 3 and 6), since the cam covers were already out and it would have been quite easy to pull a spark plug. So here's a couple of photos on the tensioner pads and bore scope (the pics are pretty bad), but the good news is that he didn't see any scoring, only normal scratch marks on an engine with 64k miles.
Tensioner pads arranged in the order they appear from the rear of the car. Note that bank 1 tensioner pressure-side sits on the bottom, where bank 2 sits on top (and is easier to replace). They are worn! Cylinder 3. Horrible picture, but the mechanic said these scratches are typical for a car with 64k miles. Cylinder 6. Horrible picture, but the mechanic said these scratches are typical for a car with 64k miles.
12-31-2019, 06:33 PM
