Do i have a blown Cap in my ecu? pics inside

[Bigzavs]

i just took my mines ecu apart to check it out because of what bigaaron told me about the problem i have with my car. now im not electrically inclined at all, so i dont know if it is or not but i think i found a bad cap on one of the 3 boards.

heres ones that looked good to me

heres the one thats in question

 

[werewolves182]

Yes, you absolutely have a blown cap. That brown stuff is the fluid. In your case it looks like it is shorting out the cap.

 

[Bigzavs]

alrighty, my car was throwing a code 14 and not starting at all, itd just fire and die. this can be fixed right?

 

[JustinGotA1j]

Yes it can be fixed...if you have enough time, send it to Driftmotion since they offer a repair service specifically for ECU's or sometimes you can get lucky and a local electronics repair place (for tv's etc) can do the job for ya.

 

[Bigzavs]

ya, im gonna go ask around locally, i already left a thread for aaron, hopefully i can find a local fix, cuz ill be ready to run in about 3 days from now, so id like to crank the car up as soon as i can

 

[tlo86]

or you can head to radioshack

 

[Doward]

or you can head to radioshack

HAHAHAHA :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

That's a joke, right?

Radioshack - "You've got questions! We've got blank stares!"

I don't remember the last time anyone in radio shack had any idea what I was talking about, when looking for electronic components :3d_frown:

 

[tissimo]

HAHAHAHA :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

That's a joke, right?

Radioshack - "You've got questions! We've got blank stares!"

I don't remember the last time anyone in radio shack had any idea what I was talking about, when looking for electronic components :3d_frown:

its not hard to navigate through the store to find what you want.. 95% of the staff in any retail store has no idea about anything they sell

 

[Doward]

95% of the staff in any retail store has no idea about anything they sell

I think that's a problem - you shouldn't be selling something you know nothing about!

 

[tlo86]

HAHAHAHA :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

That's a joke, right?

Radioshack - "You've got questions! We've got blank stares!"

I don't remember the last time anyone in radio shack had any idea what I was talking about, when looking for electronic components :3d_frown:

oh i meant that they sell what he needs (usually) to replace that cap... its how igot my ls400's gauge cluster back up. the cap issue on the ecu was very similar on the ls400's clusters issue. i never imply to ask someone else unless i directly imply it

stores, you have to understand, learn from the customers when selling stuff (or they provide training that employees usually do half-assed). if noone comes in asking about it well they dont really know what they are talking about. when i worked in retail the only person i ever knew that would research about the stuff he was selling was about video games... and at radioshack they sell a lot more stuff that costs much more than these caps they would rather sell. they arent going to spend time researching stuff they prolly only make 20$ a month off of

 

[Doward]

oh i meant that they sell what he needs (usually) to replace that cap... its how igot my ls400's gauge cluster back up. the cap issue on the ecu was very similar on the ls400's clusters issue. i never imply to ask someone else unless i directly imply it

stores, you have to understand, learn from the customers when selling stuff (or they provide training that employees usually do half-assed). if noone comes in asking about it well they dont really know what they are talking about. when i worked in retail the only person i ever knew that would research about the stuff he was selling was about video games... and at radioshack they sell a lot more stuff that costs much more than these caps they would rather sell. they arent going to spend time researching stuff they prolly only make 20$ a month off of

You would think that they would hire someone with at least a basic electronics background to work in an electronics store, though... anyway, off topic - yes, Radioshack should be able to get the cap you need. Unless you are fairly talented with a soldering gun, though, I would send it to Aaron @ Driftmotion.

 

[Erkenz]

alrighty, my car was throwing a code 14 and not starting at all, itd just fire and die. this can be fixed right?

Cool. Someone else has the same problem as me. My car was doing the same thing, and I opened up the ecu and have a leaky cap aswell. Send your ecu to DM.

 

[Bigzavs]

a local MKIV guy is willing to fix it for me, just found it out this morning

 

[tissimo]

You would think that they would hire someone with at least a basic electronics background to work in an electronics store, though... anyway, off topic - yes, Radioshack should be able to get the cap you need. Unless you are fairly talented with a soldering gun, though, I would send it to Aaron @ Driftmotion.

its really not that hard.. its not like its small surface mount caps or anything.. iirc they go through the board so rather easy..

 

[Bigzavs]

gettin a hold on these caps is frickin tough, local place has nichicon caps, but they use a different parts number system, so i have to call nichicons office in chicago tomorrow

 

[Doward]

its really not that hard.. its not like its small surface mount caps or anything.. iirc they go through the board so rather easy..

It IS easy - to someone that knows what they are doing. Believe me, I'm in charge of the PC Shop (it's also a class) so I get to see the fun people with very minimal soldering skills have with PCBs :3d_frown:

 

[Bigzavs]

took about a half an hour talking to tech help, but i got the part numbers i need for it.

 

[tubbie]

What are the part numbers?

 

[Bigzavs]

well its part numbers from mouser electronics, dunno if theyre nationwide or not.

ill post them if i find the piece of paper i wrote em down on, my brain isnt working and i cant remember where i put it