So my VR4 stalled yesterday and couldn't start again. It was running fine, then stalled. Cranked just fine, smelled fuel but had to leave her to go to a long night of work. Had to push her into a parking spot and today, I tried to run codes with a multimeter. The needle just oscillated back and forth the whole time at a constant rate. As far as I know this means bad ecu, correct?
Some observations:
-Monday I ran codes, and one of the two codes was 44 and thought it was odd because i thought my ignition system was operating ok. Opened her up and snapped some pics for you geniuses in hopes someone can shed some advice or observations as it looks ok to me:
-thought my interior smelled a little odd last week but thought it was due to cracking the windows during rain to keep windows from fogging.
-when it stalled there was no CEL at all. my autometer boost gauge needle sits at 0 with key on, and the factory boost light is at the middle too.
I know the only real way to see if the ecu is bad is to swap with a known good one or put my bad ecu into a good running car, but obviously this is not very convenient for me.
any tips before i go buy a used eprom ecu? hopefully i get one that is from a vr4 and will slide into the original spot unlike the one in there now
Some observations:
-Monday I ran codes, and one of the two codes was 44 and thought it was odd because i thought my ignition system was operating ok. Opened her up and snapped some pics for you geniuses in hopes someone can shed some advice or observations as it looks ok to me:
-thought my interior smelled a little odd last week but thought it was due to cracking the windows during rain to keep windows from fogging.
-when it stalled there was no CEL at all. my autometer boost gauge needle sits at 0 with key on, and the factory boost light is at the middle too.
I know the only real way to see if the ecu is bad is to swap with a known good one or put my bad ecu into a good running car, but obviously this is not very convenient for me.
any tips before i go buy a used eprom ecu? hopefully i get one that is from a vr4 and will slide into the original spot unlike the one in there now
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