Date: September 6th 2008

When I had ECU problems, it started something like that. I would run
fine much of the time, but would sometime start acting up. It seemed if
I gave it more gas, it would pick up and work, but eventually it got
worse to where it would do it all the time, and accelerating wouldn't
make a difference. It turned out it was running bad because Injector 3
and sometimes Injector 5 wasn't firing. I pulled the ECU and replaced
the caps and cleaned up the board as best I could, and Injector 5 seemed
to work now, but injector 3 still had problems. Ended up buying a used
ECU from a junk yard for about $150 and that's been working since Jan
with no problems, though it ran sub-par for a little while after I
started it the first time, but after the computer "learned" about new
home, performance it back to as good as it's always been.

-Mike Poe
'93 Stealth ES

Eckert, Timothy wrote:
> Hi Jack, I hope this does not seem like I am highjacking your thread,
> but our 93 Stealth RT TT sometimes (rarely) does something similar.
> When it does, we say it is having an "episode".
>
> An "episode" only starts from first starting the car (it has never
> started while driving merrily down the road). We start the engine and
> it runs like s***. We have learned to turn it off, wait 10 minutes, and
> start it back up. Usually it then runs fine.
>
> We are not sure what the real problem is. I have always suspected the
> ECU. We did do the cap change in the ECU, and we did disconnect the
> "other" computer in the right rear of the car (don't remember its name.)
> We also did install a brand new battery, even though we believed the
> previous battery was OK. But about once a month the car still decides
> to have an "episode". We never spent the big bucks to just replace the
> ECU.
>
> I wonder if this is a poor connector somewhere? Or maybe the main power
> wire somewhere between the battery and the 12 v input to the ECU has
> issues??
>
> I have never done this, but I have contemplated identifying the +12V
> input wire coming into the ECU (and the ground) and soldering wires to
> them. And when an episode happens, I could attach a volt meter and see
> if good voltage is still being supplied to the ECU. Thoughts?
>
>
> Timothy Eckert
> Senior Project Manager
> EPRI - BOP Corrosion
> phone 704 595-2058
> eckertt@epri.com or teckert@epri.com
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jack Kirkman [mailto:whutzdat@gmail.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2008 8:08 PM
> To: Eckert, Timothy
> Subject: [Team3S] Engine Start stop
>
>
> Thanks for all the input. After acting up and not running right she
> decided to run. At first she would come down of the rev and sputter
> around 400RPM. Then It would not start. I let it sit for awhile then
> started it back up. She took the gas fine and the RPM'S dropped to 1000.
> Took it for a quick spin and it was fine.
> I know it's telling me something but I don't know just what it is.
> It's a 92TT with a 94 new block. 16000 miles on it. 96000 on the
> injectors. Just swapped over all the parts to the new block.
> I hate to take a trip until I find out why it did this.
> These cars have a mind of there own.
> Thanks for all the input.
> Jack
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