Is removing ECU repeatedly advisable?
#1
10-06-2005, 04:38 AM
Is removing ECU repeatedly advisable?
Hi,
As i said in an earlier post...the ECU was stolen out of my '93 EX. I have since replaced it w/ one from a junkyard. Now i'm kind of gun-shy & am afraid of leaving the ECU in the car for fear that it will grow legs again & dissappear, so I have been unplugging it & taking it into the apt. w/ me at night Then hooking it back up in the morning before heading out for the day. I am wondering if plugging & unplugging the ECU so many times will cause any damage to it over the long run because of voltage spikes, etc....???
As i said in an earlier post...the ECU was stolen out of my '93 EX. I have since replaced it w/ one from a junkyard. Now i'm kind of gun-shy & am afraid of leaving the ECU in the car for fear that it will grow legs again & dissappear, so I have been unplugging it & taking it into the apt. w/ me at night Then hooking it back up in the morning before heading out for the day. I am wondering if plugging & unplugging the ECU so many times will cause any damage to it over the long run because of voltage spikes, etc....???
#2
10-06-2005, 08:10 AM
RE: Is removing ECU repeatedly advisable?
ORIGINAL: phearly
am afraid of leaving the ECU in the car for fear that it will grow legs again & dissappear, so I have been unplugging it & taking it into the apt. w/ me at night
am afraid of leaving the ECU in the car for fear that it will grow legs again & dissappear, so I have been unplugging it & taking it into the apt. w/ me at night
I think you're getting too paranoid about it. If it happens again, then I could see you being worried. Then I would either watch it all night waiting to bash the thief's head in with a baseball bat or wire up some C4 to your car in case someone broke in.
#3
10-06-2005, 08:41 AM
RE: Is removing ECU repeatedly advisable?
I guess you could call it paranoid....I wouldn't be all that worried about it if this particular ECU was really easy to find & really inexpensive and the particular window they happen to bash in was cheap too but unfortunately the answer to all is "it's not"....at least not to me. I'm not rich by any means & I like to be able to go out in the morning have a usable car to drive to work in. Also the time wasted calling around to hundreds of junk yards & sitting checking Ebay for ECU's could be better-spent. To me, right now, it's not paranoia...it's preventative measures. :-)
#4
10-06-2005, 08:45 AM
RE: Is removing ECU repeatedly advisable?
ORIGINAL: phearly
I guess you could call it paranoid....I wouldn't be all that worried about it if this particular ECU was really easy to find & really inexpensive and the particular window they happen to bash in was cheap too but unfortunately the answer to all is "it's not"....at least not to me. I'm not rich by any means & I like to be able to go out in the morning have a usable car to drive to work in. Also the time wasted calling around to hundreds of junk yards & sitting checking Ebay for ECU's could be better-spent. To me, right now, it's not paranoia...it's preventative measures. :-)
I guess you could call it paranoid....I wouldn't be all that worried about it if this particular ECU was really easy to find & really inexpensive and the particular window they happen to bash in was cheap too but unfortunately the answer to all is "it's not"....at least not to me. I'm not rich by any means & I like to be able to go out in the morning have a usable car to drive to work in. Also the time wasted calling around to hundreds of junk yards & sitting checking Ebay for ECU's could be better-spent. To me, right now, it's not paranoia...it's preventative measures. :-)
#5
10-06-2005, 09:01 AM
RE: Is removing ECU repeatedly advisable?
lol get an alarm or something. Thats great thou.........crooks tryin to hotwire the car would be like "Wtf why wont it start?"
idk about pullin the ECU everyday man...........just get an alarm if ur THAT worried..............by the way where do u live? Compton?
idk about pullin the ECU everyday man...........just get an alarm if ur THAT worried..............by the way where do u live? Compton?
#7
10-06-2005, 05:52 PM
RE: Is removing ECU repeatedly advisable?
The best alarm in the world wont' prevent "smash n grab."
But, yeah, that's a little paranoid. Lightning never strikes twice. Bolt that sucker down with some Torx screws. Who carries Torx wrenches with them?
But, yeah, that's a little paranoid. Lightning never strikes twice. Bolt that sucker down with some Torx screws. Who carries Torx wrenches with them?
#8
10-06-2005, 06:38 PM
RE: Is removing ECU repeatedly advisable?
ORIGINAL: Street Sniper
The best alarm in the world wont' prevent "smash n grab."
But, yeah, that's a little paranoid. Lightning never strikes twice. Bolt that sucker down with some Torx screws. Who carries Torx wrenches with them?
The best alarm in the world wont' prevent "smash n grab."
But, yeah, that's a little paranoid. Lightning never strikes twice. Bolt that sucker down with some Torx screws. Who carries Torx wrenches with them?
#9
10-06-2005, 06:56 PM
RE: Is removing ECU repeatedly advisable?
ORIGINAL: Kolhoznik
I carry torx with me all the time...and all kinds of security bits
I carry torx with me all the time...and all kinds of security bits
