legacycentral bbs

ok, I am about to go ape poop on my car! it has been hell trying to track down my gremlins,(2 months of hunting) and now I/we are thinking it is the ecu. And wouldn't you know it is the only turbo only part we don't have in the yard. so now i get to just wait till someone out there wrecks a turbo. I don't have the 700 bucks for a new one. we came to the ECU conclution after we found a few grounds that were almost broken/ and sometimes not getting any connection, we fixed that and now there is a check engine light, giving me different codes everyday, 12,22,32,42,51, but usualy never the same ones 2 times in a row. i will say after fixing the wires i drove it for about 10 minutes with no check engine light and my god it was strong. but now i am getting like 12-15mpg and missing power.

well no real questions, just had to rant
(mumbeling undervoice) friggin car....

you could try using the codes its giving you to win the lottery, maybe buy a new Legacy turbo

Just messin, i know your frustration. trust me

car-part.com search a few weeks ago turned up several for around $150.

Steve

yep 150 bucks nice.
now i am gunna still do a ecu swap with my bosses wifes turbo before i shell out my cash. If that don't work i am gunna re-wire the whole damn car. There is no way i can go obd2 is there?

just be warned if a short in your harness fried your ECU and left it in the state that it's in now, then putting a good ECU in there can also fry it in the same situation.

So you'd be buying two ECU's then.

I've got a 91' turbo ECU in Tacoma available if you end up wanting to purchase one.

Keith