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Re: PCM replacement?
Dave Gower wrote:
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> Computers these days seldom fail unless they are damaged by an improper
> boost or charge.
Or by test procedures improperly carried out...!
> Who is "they"? This kind of problem is best left to a
> good dealer or highly qualified shop with extensive diagnostic capability,
> for sure no one on a newsgroup is going to be able to diagnose it. A lot
> of money is wasted replacing perfectly good computers when the problem is
> really in the wiring.
In the UK, a "cottage industry" has built up repairing failed ECU's. (That's
what we call "car computers"). Typically, the ECU is sent away (together
with its PATS key) to be repaired for a fixed price. This can be as little
as 1/3 of the price of a new ECU.
The usual failure is only of an output transistor or something equally
trivial, so the repaired unit is as good as new.
It might be worth investigating whether a local independent garage could do
this for you.
HTH
Chris
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