technosquare ecu check engine light, any answers?
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technosquare ecu check engine light, any answers?
has anyone figured out the deal with the check engine light when you have a technosquare ecu? i have the 96 ecu in my 97 and it needs to get inspected in a month or so. i know many people have discussed this but i was wondering if any answers have been found.
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Originally Posted by nowskimax
has anyone figured out the deal with the check engine light when you have a technosquare ecu? i have the 96 ecu in my 97 and it needs to get inspected in a month or so. i know many people have discussed this but i was wondering if any answers have been found.
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Yeah, us '97s usually keep our original ECU's for just that reason. If not then reset the '96 right before inspection and hope for the best. (Or even better - borrow somebody's '97 for a few hours)
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Sure did, I'm not much for tweeking my car as much as most guys do here. But the title is saying that the cel is on and this guy has a 96 technosquare (never heard of that) ecu on his 97 maxima. So...why would anyone with a '97 use a '96 ecu?
Originally Posted by MaxedOutOfCash
Did you by any chance read the title?
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Because the only ECU's that can be modified for our cars, the 4th gens, are for the 95 and 96 model years. No one has been able to "crack" the the ECU's for the 97-99's, so people with 97 and 98 use modified ECU's from the 95 and 96's. The folks with a 99 can't swap out their computers, different ECU, more like the 5th gen ECU.
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Originally Posted by nowskimax
has anyone figured out the deal with the check engine light when you have a technosquare ecu? i have the 96 ecu in my 97 and it needs to get inspected in a month or so. i know many people have discussed this but i was wondering if any answers have been found.
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ECU modification, ie: high performance chip? How else do you modify an ecu?
Originally Posted by 1996blackmax
Because the only ECU's that can be modified for our cars, the 4th gens, are for the 95 and 96 model years. No one has been able to "crack" the the ECU's for the 97-99's, so people with 97 and 98 use modified ECU's from the 95 and 96's. The folks with a 99 can't swap out their computers, different ECU, more like the 5th gen ECU.
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Originally Posted by nowskimax
yeah i still have my 97 ecu so i was planning on doing that. but has anyone found out how to fix the problem with the 96 in a 97 or not?
Now that I'm going back on the chip I'll probably do it since I already have the '96 sensor lying around here.
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I don't think that the CEL on modified ECUs in 97-99 are bad for the car. It's just a pain to always see that freakin CEL on. And you will have to keep your 97-99 ECU to periodically check to see if you really have a problem with the car.
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