Disconnecting the battery doesn't reset the ecu on a series four? How then do you go about resetting the ecu?

 

There's nothing to reset. Its a dumb computer. It has no memory. Got altheimeres(sp). Anyone care to prove that statement wrong??????? Does not even remember the simplest codes. Oh, the codes.......good enough to tell you a plug fell off, but not much more. Shucks, I can do that with my eyeballs faster than I can hook up the led's./

 

correct. it was idling PERFECTLY (about 800 rpms, no hesitation, but smoking) and i disconnected my traling plugs and it didnt change...
and right now i am kind of in a bind and cant just pull a stock fuel pump out of my *****. my stock one is at home (120 miles away)

 

Just my opinion, but your obsessed with the trail plugs. Forget them. The car should run just fine with only the lead plugs.

Sometime today, could clarify something for me? It idled just fine. Great. But after that I don't understand something. When you stepped on the pedal ......the engine did not rev/???????? Or rev'd very slow? It does not start right now, does it???? Sorry, I get lost in reading the above threads. At first I was sure it did not start at all. Now it starts????? If it does start, but not rev....please try the thought about taking the tps plug off and trying again.

 

no, it started before all this madness after relentless cranking. now after cleaning the plugs and ****, it wont start for the world. before, it would idle, smoking, smoothly. i would try to rev it, it would go up really slowly and alot of rich smoke would come out of the exhaust.

 

HAILERS....

First off, it Alzheimers (you may already be suffering from it..)...

As far as the ECU, I stand by it being a good troubleshooting tool, nothing more. And I had one ECU tell me when the TPS was out of adjustment. Bash it all you want, but it IS a handy tool for preliminary troubleshooting.

Rat

 

Im not sure if he has a s4 or 5, but s4's dont keep a computer memory. Im not too sure if s5's do or not.



Edit: Blah you beat me to it

 

Sorry about your troubles man. My 88TII keeps stalling out but I can always get it to start by using the fuse pull method. Good luck bro.

 

iu got the car running. i bought some more damn spark plugs... all four hot ones this time. its ognna be enough to get me back to louisville i hope.
one question, do you guys think that my timing may be off? i havent checked it since i got the car just assuming it was fine. but now that i think of it, could this be a problem if the timing is too retarded?

 

Worst comes to worst check the rates at uhaul.

 

I think your pump may be making you run stupid rich (didnt know you had one earlier). Get either a s-afc to control the fuel injectors or an aftermarket fpr.

 

how much does an FPR cost? i cant afford an safc at the moment.

 

Yes, check the timing. Either tooooo far advanced or retarded is a possibility.Glad its up and chugging along.

 

ayt, i'll go bust out the haynes manual.