Old Feb 3, 2014 | 07:26 AM
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Originally Posted by luke19790_3
Kits fine it's the people fitting them who don't know what there doing
I fitted it, and more than capable to read and solder a few wires
The first problem we had was it was popping and banging all over the place, after lots of head scratching, trial of other bits etc etc, We returned the ecu to MSD and the ecu was tried on a car and told that it started the car and run it!
It turned out that the wasted spark loom had the two outside wires on the coilpack plug pinned in the wrong place so basically firing the wrong cylinders.
Once that was corrected, When the car was cold, it started and run fine, i could rev it etc, all good, BUT when the car warmed up, the car dies. It would re start but only for a few seconds then die again.
We contacted James at MSD who said he'd have the ecu back again as the car he tried it on had all sorts of running issues ( wasn't told that by the lady on the phone when i called to see if it was ok )

In the mean time, i borrowed my mates ecu, coil, dizzy and leads. I made a jumper loom to convert it back to the old setup.
Plugged my mates ecu in and it runs!

I e mailed James with the findings and he said that maybe the driver board had been damaged as when they received the ecu the first time, it was wired incorrectly ( But i wasn't told this either, and it had started and run a car at MSD?? Now, i'm no nob and can follow wiring diagrams and solder as it's part of my job being a level 3 tech for Jaguar and Landrover but thats always going to be my word against theres! )

I removed the driver and returned the ecu back to original and it still just fires then dies so its obviously something not right in the ecu.

If it cant be repaired we are on the look out for an Ecu
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