on 6/5/2000 6:37 AM, The Gunnings at ngunn@LANDMARKNET.NET wrote:

New member.  Just rebuilt 85 vanagon 1.9 with 192,000 miles.  Ran great for
121 miles then began having electric twitters.  Rebuilt starter before
noticing burnt wires.  Further checking revealed burnt fuel injection relay
and, ultimately, a burnt smell coming from the vent hole of the ecu.  After
checking around and finding nobody willing to check-out the ecu, I decided,
that, hey, It should not take a rocket scientist or brain surgeon to take a
peek into an ecu.  Popped the top and, sure enough, there is an obvious
burnt thingamajig inside the ecu.  But it looks like only one burnt
thingamajig.  So now I seek an ecu.  It appears that original ecu was made
by Bosch, which my limited understanding suggests may be the preferred unit
to run.  Anyone out there willing to let me know if there are different
ecus, such as others made by vw, which will work for my 1.9?  I think I want
a Bosch replacement, if there are any out there and if I can find one.  A
used but functional ecu would be ok.  Anyone out there who has such a used
Bosch unit and is willing to sell or trade, please let me know.  Thanks.

There is  a fellow on this mailing list that rebuilds ECU's. Hopefully he
will speak up or contact you directly.
New units are really expensive! If you can repair it,
Cheers,
Dave C.
Williamsburg, VA
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'85 GL Westy (His)
'91 Cabriolet (Hers)
that is the economical way to go.
You also need to try and trace the cause of the overload or you just might
have it happen twice

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