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Greg, It is still not a Positive yet. Once we get it replaced if it fixed the problem then we can say. Yep, that is what it is... I have read many articles about the Type 4's where replacing the computer was a standard but never really fixed any problems. hopefully this is it! Wish me luck! I will keep you posted!! Lars ----- Original Message ----- From: "Greg Merritt" <gregm@vwtype3.org> To: <type3@vwtype3.org> Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2002 10:12 PM Subject: Re: [T3] 70 Square FI problem??? > > Wow! I think out of many hundreds of f.i. cars owned by > listees over the years, yours is only the second confirmed ecu > failure that I can recall. The other is Mark Fuhriman's '69 Fastback > -- I think it was some intermittent trouble when cold, not a total > failure. > > While it's certainly not impossible for the brain to fail, it > seems to be very rare -- and there have been many cases where > perfectly good brains have been replaced (expensively) by mechanics > who were diagnosing by the "let's have the customer replace this > expensive part and see what happens next" method. > > As with other f.i. parts, it's good insurance to stock up on > cheap spares at swap meets or from places like ebay. > > Just my two bits, > -Greg > > ------------------------------------------------ > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <type3-off@vwtype3.org> > For more help, see http://vwtype3.org/list/ > ------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <type3-off@vwtype3.org> For more help, see http://vwtype3.org/list/