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burnt ECU???
Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2008 3:24 pm
by motomoto
The fella i got my '85 gtv6 from had the battery connectors on backwards....
is this for sure a burt ecu situation?
i'd like to avoid the pricy replacement if possible...
any input?
sal.
Re: burnt ECU???
Posted: Wed Sep 17, 2008 2:43 am
by Mats
If the engineers who did the ECU had half a brain put together they would have covered that very early in the design phase. It should be fine, have you tried it?
Re: burnt ECU???
Posted: Wed Sep 17, 2008 6:38 pm
by Al_Cam
Mats should be right, one diode on the power supply would protect against that. Bosch hopefully would have done it as there is a high probability of a reversed battery happening in any car. But, life's not like that.
Just a point to be careful about - the positive battery cable in my car has a green sheath. As an Electrical Engineer green to me means earth, which often means negative. Every time I go to the battery I fall for it. I have been meaning to put some red heatshrink over the positive cable for months.
Good Luck,
AL.