soo.. like an idiot, my car threw a CEL and I wanted to check what happened... When i went to go to the self-diagnostic test, I accidently went past stop...

I have a 96 Auto... Someone is offering me their ECU from their 97 Auto.. Will I have any problems with installing it in my car? He said he never tried it on a 96 but he tried it on a 98 and it worked flawlessly. thanks for the help.

 

Mine has been past the stop for years. Find a good place for it and leave it where you think is right. When you run the diagnosis next time, just stop your screw-driver before you go past

-matt

 

thanx for the advise. but dont u feel your car runs poorly or sends out wrong signals.. i noticed that my car comes on with a CEL every week and throws a 0505 code..

i just want a new ECU and throw away the old one...

 

It's probably throwing that code because you are resetting it without knowing that you are since you don't have the "stop" point and every time you go check your code, you are clearing the codes. How long have you driven it allowing for any codes to pop up by themselves?

 

Yea...make sure your carfull and your not resetting it by accident before actually getting the code.

-matt

 

i probably get get about 100-200 miles before the CEL pops up again...

 

Before you buy another ecu, why don't you take it to autozone to have them pull your codes. There should be no reason that you CEL comes on giving you 0505 unless you are accidentally reseting it.

 

i wanted to get a performance ecu for awhile now..

thats why i was asking if a 97auto ecu would be compatable in a 96auto

 

bump... never got an answer to the question

 

bump...

 

does anyone know??