BAD ECU!!

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rockreid
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BAD ECU!!

Post by rockreid »

BAD!

Success! Well, after wasting my time sending my fuel injectors away ($150) for service and today still no success in getting my long-sleeping 1980 BMW 635csi Euro running, I read on this board about someone's ECU problem....

BINGO.

I had a spare ECU from the previous owner, and lo and behold... IT FIRED UP IMMEDIATELY and runs like a champ. Now, to get the clutch bled (pedal is on the floor) and see how this thing drives after sitting for over 3 years.

I am putting this car on the market immediately as I need to get it out of my garage.

1980 BMW 635csi Euro (grey market)
Euro engine
Dogleg 5 speed trans.

Engine runs STRONG. I am in the Stamford, CT area.
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DMS
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Post by DMS »

Please replace all the brake fluid and make sure the brakes are loosend up.
E12 M30B35, VEMS, HX52 never getting finished.
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Lenny D.
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Post by Lenny D. »

I would temporarily plug the other ECU back in to verify that the unit is in fact bad and not just a faulty connection.
HTH

'80 528i
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