Got about a week and a half of seat time in the stroker vert, and there's a few small glitches I'm working out, but for the most part, it's been a smooth success.
However, there's been a new problem that's developed. Last Thursday evening, I drove out to Longmeadow to pick up my interior from Rob S. It's about a 2 hour drive, so this was the first long distance trip the car had made since the swap - all 20-30 minute trips or just around town driving beforehand.
We got out there with no issues at all. Then, as we got to the end of his block, the car started surging - the best way I can describe it is to say that someone was flicking a switch on and off attached to the fuel pump - on-off, on-off, on.....off. It was undriveable and wouldn't rev past around 2-2500 before doing it. I pulled over but couldn't figure out the problem. Idle was jumping, so I turned it off. It was pitch black, so I tried to limp the car to a better area. Finally after another few blocks it was unbearable, and on a whim I asked my buddy Matt in the passenger seat to unplug and plug in the ECU. Sure enough, the car started without a hiccup.
We had to do this once more on the trip back, and the car sat for a few hours and I was off again in the morning. Occasional hiccups on the highway, and once I had to unplug and plug the ecu in. Made it to the hotel (in a wedding for the weekend) and it sat for two days. Drove it home (about an hour) with no hiccups at all. Been driving it since, and every once in a while it hiccups, but with no warnings, no symptoms or causes I can think of.
I may have another 173 ECU I can try, I definitely have a 153 ECU though.
Should I swap ecu's, or is this another problem?
However, there's been a new problem that's developed. Last Thursday evening, I drove out to Longmeadow to pick up my interior from Rob S. It's about a 2 hour drive, so this was the first long distance trip the car had made since the swap - all 20-30 minute trips or just around town driving beforehand.
We got out there with no issues at all. Then, as we got to the end of his block, the car started surging - the best way I can describe it is to say that someone was flicking a switch on and off attached to the fuel pump - on-off, on-off, on.....off. It was undriveable and wouldn't rev past around 2-2500 before doing it. I pulled over but couldn't figure out the problem. Idle was jumping, so I turned it off. It was pitch black, so I tried to limp the car to a better area. Finally after another few blocks it was unbearable, and on a whim I asked my buddy Matt in the passenger seat to unplug and plug in the ECU. Sure enough, the car started without a hiccup.
We had to do this once more on the trip back, and the car sat for a few hours and I was off again in the morning. Occasional hiccups on the highway, and once I had to unplug and plug the ecu in. Made it to the hotel (in a wedding for the weekend) and it sat for two days. Drove it home (about an hour) with no hiccups at all. Been driving it since, and every once in a while it hiccups, but with no warnings, no symptoms or causes I can think of.
I may have another 173 ECU I can try, I definitely have a 153 ECU though.
Should I swap ecu's, or is this another problem?
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