I had my car examined for the hard starting when first turning over problem i had.(Basically car never "catches" on the first ignition turn over, it just turns and turns as long as you will let it. And then usually the car starts on the 2nd or 3rd try.) I suspected something was not right - a bad sensor (CPS, TPS) or maybe a failed fuel pump or something. They went through 2 days of testing ... and discovered the failed part!


Turns out the ECM/ECU is dying so they want 1163.79 just for the part.

Could i buy a JWT ecu instead? or send mine to be reprogrammed?


Any one know ?


Help me out - And maybe some other 95/96s that have hard starting.

Thanks
BG
PS i suppose i could alternately get one from a junk yard?

 

who determinded it was the ecu, are u getting any codes?

 

stealership mechanic after testing every sensor and hooking up the ob1 connector while starting im guessing.

Nope ecu reports 0505 always.

 

sounds fishy, i would take to junkyard and find a max ecu and plug it in. see if it makes a differ ro same prob. GLE = auto so u gotta find a 95-96 auto ecu. i'm sure there are some in ur area

 

so did you vote junkyard ecu?

 

well don't buy one, go to a junkyard that has one and ask if u can put in ur car, let them watch u or put a deposit down and see if hte ecu is problem

 

buy a new battery, i had the same problem and it completely solved the problem for me, dont be chinzy on the battery spending 80 dollars on it is well spent.

 

Bet ya 100 bucks it's a crank position sensor.

POS is notorious for failing or giving weak signals that cause hard starts. 50% of the time the ECU does not throw a code on this failure either.

When an ECU fails, your car is not going to run. If your getting it to eventually run, then the ECU is definately not your problem.

Are you having the hard starts both warm and cold?