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Old Oct 8, 2007 | 02:36 PM
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Okay so ive gone through 3 ecu's now 3 man relays and a **** load of fuses...
just a brief description of what happened...i was driving my crx (90 dx w/ mini me) in a parking lot a few weeks ago
and out of nowhere it just died...first thought was i killed it but i was wrong...tried pop starting it with a few guys like 10 times and it would just bog down
i checked all fuses then and all were good....then i pulled back the carpet to see the ecu and turn the key to off and turned it back over to have all the power on and whever i did this in the past the led on the ecu would blink once meaning ecu was powered....well when i tried the led did not blink or anything...so i checked the ecu fuse and it was good...
later on in the week i bought a new relay and still nothing.....ive gone through 3 of those and 3 ecu's and the ecu still wont get power so my car wont start....

does anybody know what the problem could be...any advice..anything???
i need my car as i have been out of transportation for 3 weeks now...
PLEASE HELP!?!?!?!?
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Old Oct 8, 2007 | 03:07 PM
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does anyone know which wire is the power wire for the ecu??
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Old Oct 8, 2007 | 03:10 PM
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The Honda typical ECU ground wire is out at the thermostat housing, clean it up and see what you get, dont you have a manual and a volt meter.
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Old Oct 8, 2007 | 03:22 PM
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yeah i already knew the ground wire...i need to find the power wire going into the ecu
and no i dont have a manual...
and most of my tools i had to leave in NM when i moved
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Old Oct 8, 2007 | 04:43 PM
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the 2 yellow/black wires going into the "A" (green one) plug are the power wires for the ECU from the main relay.
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Old Oct 8, 2007 | 08:19 PM
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There has to be more power wires than from the main relay, what about memory.
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Old Oct 8, 2007 | 08:24 PM
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what about the ignition switch..
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Old Oct 8, 2007 | 09:02 PM
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i know this is kinda a dumb question but did you check the fuses under the hood?
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Old Oct 9, 2007 | 04:34 AM
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the constant battery power power or "memory" wire is pin B1. Its white/green
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Old Oct 9, 2007 | 07:13 AM
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yes i did check fuses and all that other stuff
i ended up narrowing it donw to both of the yellow/black wires on the biggest plug....i believe A
and sure enough the ecu started working again after i ran a wire from a power source to those wires...
now i have a diff problem....it runs like **** ill shoot a video when i get off this afternoon and let you guys hear how it sounds
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