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GhostDakota · 01-04-2013, 02:29 PM

The seals all good great. That's what worries me...

I just spent 2.5 hours working on it. I removed the ECU connectors from the ECU and cleaned them with electrical cleaner spray. Then, I removed the 4 easily accessible grounds: Driver side strut tower, driver side front next to the intake, passenger side strut tower, passenger side front next to the intake. I filed down the grounds metal contacts and wire brushed them as well.

Started up the car and it ran basically 99%! I took it for a 0.5 mile drive and it slowly got worse. At stops it would almost stall. I brought it back and parked it. It seemed to get worse the longer it was running. However, overall it seems much quieter and seems to run much smoother as well.

This is all on the "new" ECU from my buddies '98 Camaro SS. Should I be cleaning out my other ECU (Which is remanned it seams) and try to run it again?

01-04-2013, 02:29 PM	#71
GhostDakota Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Southeast, PA / Brick, NJ (Lost due to Sandy) Posts: 238 iTrader: (2)	The seals all good great. That's what worries me... I just spent 2.5 hours working on it. I removed the ECU connectors from the ECU and cleaned them with electrical cleaner spray. Then, I removed the 4 easily accessible grounds: Driver side strut tower, driver side front next to the intake, passenger side strut tower, passenger side front next to the intake. I filed down the grounds metal contacts and wire brushed them as well. Started up the car and it ran basically 99%! I took it for a 0.5 mile drive and it slowly got worse. At stops it would almost stall. I brought it back and parked it. It seemed to get worse the longer it was running. However, overall it seems much quieter and seems to run much smoother as well. This is all on the "new" ECU from my buddies '98 Camaro SS. Should I be cleaning out my other ECU (Which is remanned it seams) and try to run it again? __________________ -Rick (Photographer) -2001 Trans AM WS6 - M6, ORY, Borla catback, etc. -1998 Trans Am - M6, functional Ram Air hood, Flowmaster, 3" QTP E-cutout, ORY, K&N FIPK, 3.42's, LSD, Hella 60mm Projectors, 4300K HID's & more. -2003 VW Golf TDI - Turbo diesel @ 50 MPG highway -1998 Jeep Grand Cherokee 5.9L(ZJ) - 4.75" lift, 32" MTZ's, armor, etc.