URO Parts DME Relay FAULTY

[wwest]

Email sent to URO parts/APA Industries:

You should RECALL all DME relays.

I have 2 at the moment and both failed out of the box due to poor soldering techniques/procedures during manufacturing.

In both products the 2 relays were not fully inserted through the circuit board allowing solder to flow over, bubble up, the connection and never bond electrically.

Second, not enough heat was used to get the solder to adhere to the relay metal frame/armature.

I needlessly spend many hours over 2 days thinking the new DME relay I purchased to replace the failed factory was good.

That relay had a poor solder connection from pin 30 to the back side, solder side, of the circuit board.

Once I found that the URO DME relay that I had just purchased was faulty I purchase a second one and my engine fired right up.

But..

In opening the second one I noted the very same manufacturing flaws.

So I desoldered both relays from the 1st purchase and carefully re-soldered them. It took a high power soldering gun to get a good electrical bond to the relay frame, armature connection since there is so much metal heat sink to heat up.

I'm going to stay with the relay that I "remanufactured" and put the second one aside as a spare.

[mspirito]

URO equals China equals crap
I looking for a master cylinder and found that most of the ones offered from the different suppliers were URO
I OPTED TO SPEND TWICE AS MUCH FOR THE ATE VERSION

[kidrock]

I wasted quite a bit of money several years ago buying URO crap for a Land Rover I once owned. The URO crap lasted only a couple of months at best.

That being said, I recently purchased the URO amber fog light lenses for my '88 - both lenses delivered for under $100, real glass too. Nothing mechanical to fk up, so I took a chance.

But I will never buy another mechanical or electrical URO part again. Pure JUNK.

[Arne2]

I had a URO oil pressure sender for my 3.2, was poorly machined where the sealing washer sits causing an oil leak.

[NY65912]

Happens to the best of us and DME's as well.

Sure, be a big man and order the Porsche factory DME relay!

[dtw]

I put the URO sump screen in my '72 911. Just did an oil change and inspected the sump screen (I have the sump cover with no !$!@%$ drain plug). It looks as though it will need to be replaced at the next oil change. As stated above, cold/poor solder joints. When shopping for parts, I'm now careful to avoid URO like the plague based on my experience and testimonials like the above.

[Dan J]

urine parts, made on a hibachi in north china

[GaryR]

Originally Posted by Dan J

urine parts, made on a hibachi in north china

And here I thought all the urine parts came from south china... never cease learning from you!
Bastards are making those red seals now too!
A Hibachi? LOL!!!!

[Dan J]

That's a step up from the fire pit they used to have

[GaryR]

Upscale Chinese Porsche Parts Foundry - rice wine will be server later