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Kris Antczak
TryHard
SA
UZZ30 V8

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Wednesday, March 29, 2006 - 01:00 pm, by:  Kris Antczak (Lexus_v8) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Hi all,

Just a follow up on what happened to my UZZ30. As mentioned in the other thread (1UZ sounding like a WRX), my V8 was running extremelly rough. In fact it too sounded like it was a WRX. It was idling extremely rough and rich. It was running so rich, I had pure fuel spitting out of the Left Bank exhaust, with a nice puddle to leave behind.

I took the car to Toyota to have it checked out (Big mistake, as they started with the most expensive repairs and used process of elimination, I had a few harsh words and they they stopped trying to screw me financially). Initially they informed me that it was running on 6 cylinders as 2 of the injectors were kept open. They believed the injectors were in need of a service and assured me that a good service SHOULD resolve the problem. Well, I had my doubts, as it was weird that two of the injectors would have gone cactus at the one time, and I assumed it would have been the ECU that was faulty.

Anyway, I took their word for it (Big Mistake # 2) and had the injectors serviced. When they put them back in, the problem did not go away, and THEN they said to me that it was the ECU... well, F***!!!!!

A new ECU from Japan was quoted to be $2,000, and I nearly fell off my chair. I asked if it can be repaired, and "supposedly" no one in Adelaide repairs them. (I found that hard to believe, so I contacted another well trusted Mechanic from Grove Auto) and he informed me of 2 workshops in Adelaide that do repair the ECU's. After many phone calls and a lot of running around, I had the ECU repaired at Automotive Service Solutions (they only deal with Trade, not general public).
They informed me that there was a damaged (not sure if burnt out) Injector driver or something (maybe a capacitor) that needed replacing and a couple of other little faults.

Once I got the ECU back (only took them 1 day to do), I went back to Toyota to refit. I collected the car this morning and it drove like it used to (but we'll see over time as knowing my luck it will break down).

There was a lot of White smoke from the exhaust initially due to the unburnt fuel in the cat-converter, which was disappearing over time.

At this stage, the problem seems to have been resolved all due to the ECU having a fault.

I thought this may be of some use to others in identifying some of their car issues.

Cheers
Kris
Justin Hughes
DieHard
VIC
V8 LTD

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Wednesday, March 29, 2006 - 01:29 pm, by:  Justin Hughes (Juzza) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Bloody Hell !!!!! - what a stuff around - - here's hoping she'll be fine now mate
Peter Nitschke
JunkFilterer
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GT4.0 V8

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Wednesday, March 29, 2006 - 02:04 pm, by:  Peter Nitschke (Pen) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Thanks for the update, it's also good to know there are people in Adelaide that can help with such issues.
Luke Middleton
Tinkerer
NSW
V8 Limited

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Wednesday, March 29, 2006 - 03:45 pm, by:  Luke Middleton (Spook) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Kris,
glad to hear it's all sorted.
Looks like I'll have to try the ECU next myself.
Kris Antczak
TryHard
SA
UZZ30 V8

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Wednesday, March 29, 2006 - 04:40 pm, by:  Kris Antczak (Lexus_v8) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Thanks for the feedback and support guys.

Peter from Grove Auto was very helpful and so was Dino from Automotive Service Solutions. Dino mentioned that there was quite a bit of work involved and he charged me a total of $260 for the repairs, which includes GST, Testing and Quote for repairs, with a 12mth warranty. I am very pleased
Mark Paddick
Goo Roo
ACT
UZZ31 V8 Soarer , JZZ30 TT Soarer

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Wednesday, March 29, 2006 - 05:38 pm, by:  Mark Paddick (Sparks) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I fix ECUs.
Kris Antczak
TryHard
SA
UZZ30 V8

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Wednesday, March 29, 2006 - 07:34 pm, by:  Kris Antczak (Lexus_v8) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Yes you do Mark. The reason why I opted for the above was simply due to location as it was cheaper to transport here. It also reduced the time taken to post/courier the ECU over.

Mark has also been a great help as he did mention that he has seen a few ECU's visit him with this problem.

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