Been having issues with my Civic since spring this year; it’s an 02 with 120176 miles on it.
Earlier in the year a misfire code cyl 2. Changed spark plugs, same issue; changed all coils, still issue/s; new injectors and still random misfires cyls 1,2,4 but normally cyl 2...
Due to the age of the car, not the mileage, I suspected the timing belt in need of replacement so I set some money aside for it and job done back in March
Car still had issues but more often with random misfires on most cylinders soooooo, did some reading here and there
My suspicion was a worn camshaft and that’s major work and expense so I set money aside for the job. Bought a remanufactured head, and swapped the whole thing; little north of the $1k mark, car ran good, drove it for <75 miles
Yesterday gave a jumpstart to a person on my street, car would only crank but no power, turns out the gas gauge was on the red so I assumed out of gas soooooo, I took my child to school and on the way back, got two gals of gasoline
Plugged the jumpers again and cranked the car but still no combustion; the person then opens a fuse box by the battery and one of the fuses is blown (no wonder) so I tell her to go get a fuse to the nearby AutoZone and I go my way...
By the end of the block my car starts shaking like crazy, no power and shuts off, restart it and lots of shaking no power, no check angine light and for sure a lot of smoke that smelled bad, worse than burning oil, found a street parking spot few blocks from home and left the car there but while parking, the MIL light flashes; plugged in the scanner and misfire all cylinders and lots of smoke if I rev the engine a bit.
Shut down the engine and off to work I went...
Came home later and drove the car to the garage at home, still not much power, lots of smoke but managed to park it.
Oil was nasty, black oil so I did an oil/filter change after roughly 70-something miles of a new oil change, start engine, connect scanner and same issue.
Texted the mechanic to inquire about the issue and suggests the car needing a jumpstart may have had a short (fuse blown) and when I tried helping (samarithan thing) most likely I f’d the ECU of my car (that means fried, don’t think the other f...)
Now I’ve pulled out the ECU just to check the model number and here I’m looking to get some help out of any car nut on BAR.
Does anyone know of a place that repairs ECU’s in the bay area?
I could buy a used one but that means a trip to the dealership to have it re-programmed to work with the keys and immobilizer and (I’m not sure) edit the VIN and set the correct mileage of the replacement ECU
Now if I get the original ECU repaired, I don’t have to go to the dealer which I don’t know how much they would charge.
Any help appreciated
My car is due for registration this month; I’ll pay it on time but is also due for emissions check and that is the major issue!
Thanks in advance!
Earlier in the year a misfire code cyl 2. Changed spark plugs, same issue; changed all coils, still issue/s; new injectors and still random misfires cyls 1,2,4 but normally cyl 2...
Due to the age of the car, not the mileage, I suspected the timing belt in need of replacement so I set some money aside for it and job done back in March
Car still had issues but more often with random misfires on most cylinders soooooo, did some reading here and there
My suspicion was a worn camshaft and that’s major work and expense so I set money aside for the job. Bought a remanufactured head, and swapped the whole thing; little north of the $1k mark, car ran good, drove it for <75 miles
Yesterday gave a jumpstart to a person on my street, car would only crank but no power, turns out the gas gauge was on the red so I assumed out of gas soooooo, I took my child to school and on the way back, got two gals of gasoline
Plugged the jumpers again and cranked the car but still no combustion; the person then opens a fuse box by the battery and one of the fuses is blown (no wonder) so I tell her to go get a fuse to the nearby AutoZone and I go my way...
By the end of the block my car starts shaking like crazy, no power and shuts off, restart it and lots of shaking no power, no check angine light and for sure a lot of smoke that smelled bad, worse than burning oil, found a street parking spot few blocks from home and left the car there but while parking, the MIL light flashes; plugged in the scanner and misfire all cylinders and lots of smoke if I rev the engine a bit.
Shut down the engine and off to work I went...
Came home later and drove the car to the garage at home, still not much power, lots of smoke but managed to park it.
Oil was nasty, black oil so I did an oil/filter change after roughly 70-something miles of a new oil change, start engine, connect scanner and same issue.
Texted the mechanic to inquire about the issue and suggests the car needing a jumpstart may have had a short (fuse blown) and when I tried helping (samarithan thing) most likely I f’d the ECU of my car (that means fried, don’t think the other f...)
Now I’ve pulled out the ECU just to check the model number and here I’m looking to get some help out of any car nut on BAR.
Does anyone know of a place that repairs ECU’s in the bay area?
I could buy a used one but that means a trip to the dealership to have it re-programmed to work with the keys and immobilizer and (I’m not sure) edit the VIN and set the correct mileage of the replacement ECU
Now if I get the original ECU repaired, I don’t have to go to the dealer which I don’t know how much they would charge.
Any help appreciated
My car is due for registration this month; I’ll pay it on time but is also due for emissions check and that is the major issue!
Thanks in advance!