Hey, I've been having a problem with my '88 NA vert which seems to be centered around something causing a resistor on the ECU to burn out. I can start the car up, but I can't get it to rev much past 1-1.5k, and it makes no power. This problem has toasted my original N338, and an N326 and N327. Opening up each ECU yielded a single burnt resistor, but the N326 seems to have been designed such that that particular resistor is in a different location. taking the over off the other side of the ECU's case shows that there is a bit more damage than is evident from the top side: There are five black things that screw down to the side of the case which also appear to have been fried when I look at the back side of the board. Obviously, I'm no electronics whiz, I have no idea what is causing this problem, and it's killing me! A quick search for "burnt ECU" and "ECU resistor" gave me no worthwhile results that seemed to be dealing with a similar problem, but if anybody can give me some help with understanding what my problem is and how to fix it, I would be really appreciative.

 

um it seems like you have a short somewhere in the wiring. if you could trace the resistor back to the pins on the ecu that would tell you exactly what circuit you're having a problem with.

obviously the ecu popping is a symptom, you need to narrow it down