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A little good news
Well I have been fighting this cutting out problem for a long time. First I thought it might be the speed and Ref sensors. I bought used off of ebay and I could only get 1 out of the bracket, so I only replaced one. I think that helped but not sure. Then I noticed that if it cut out and I hit the computer under the passenger floorboards it generally (90%) came back.
Finally got around to opening it up and re-soldering all the connections. I have never really soldered before but it turns out its not too hard if you have someone around who knows how to show you how its done. Its gotten a hell of a lot better but unfortunately hasn't entirely solved the problem. I guess my next step is to borrow a working DME and see if that totally solves it. The good news is whereas before I could go about 100 miles with 1-2 cut outs, now I can go 500 miles with 1-2 cut outs. Also I got some new tires on the front (yoko avs es100) and they feel nice. previously I had mismatched sizes front to back and the understeer was quite noticeable. Feels much better now.
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10-10-2005, 04:19 PM
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Yeah my dad replaced that computer twice when he drove my car before he gave it to me. Is that the DME control unit (CU)? I never really asked him much about the function of it, but I know it caused my car a lot of problems in the past. The car runs fine since he replaced it the last time about 5 years ago, but before that it would cut out all the time.
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10-10-2005, 05:13 PM
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Have you tried replacing the DME relay?
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10-10-2005, 07:16 PM
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Have you cleaned/checked the reference and speed sensor plug connections?
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10-10-2005, 10:49 PM
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yeah I have replaced the DME relay twice and I am confident its not that.
At one point the ref sensor came loose at the connector and my car wouldnt start. That took me a day to figure out. The spring clip? that holds it together is broken so it looked like it was connected but it was not. I now have that zip tied closed and I believe the connection itself is not an issue, but the sensor still could be. Unfortunately the broken side is the side that goes to the DME so I don't know how easy it is to replace.
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