ZE swap done!! Have a couple question.

MX-3 Money · Post by **MX-3 Money** » March 2nd, 2005, 6:06 pm

So I finally got the ze sawp all done. I've missed my car so much these last 2 months. But I have a couple questions, so if anyone could help that would be sweet. So my check engine light is on, but nothing seems to be wrong with the car. Im thinking its just the fact that theres a different egine and ecu in the car and it hasn't recognized it yet. Now I bought my ecu from bubbaflaat on this borad and he says that the ecu is a kl36. Now im not saying its the wrong one, but if it was could I pull a code and find out? What would the code say? Plus my idle is a little up and down, it will rev by itself up and down. Would that be the idle screw not set right? But if anyone has some info to help me break this engine in, it would be welcomed.

mxmaz · Post by **mxmaz** » March 2nd, 2005, 6:11 pm

That seems a little sketchy. Someone correct me if i'm wrong, but i dont think that true ze ecu's will give a cel

. Did you pull the codes to see what they were?

MX-3 Money · Post by **MX-3 Money** » March 2nd, 2005, 7:46 pm

you mean ze's don't have codes? you could be right, i don't know. I am going to wait a while and see if the light will go off on its own. it might just need time for everything to reset.

Gro Harlem · Post by **Gro Harlem** » March 2nd, 2005, 11:23 pm

no jdm ecu has OBD of any kind...thats an north american thing

if it is pulling codes he scammed you

mxmaz · Post by **mxmaz** » March 2nd, 2005, 11:27 pm

Do u have any pics of the ecu? It should look like this one.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayI ... ename=WDVW

93SOHC · Post by **93SOHC** » March 3rd, 2005, 1:49 am

i'd be willing to bet he sold you a k8 ecu

Invisible · Post by **Invisible** » March 3rd, 2005, 3:33 am

Gro Harlem wrote:no jdm ecu has OBD of any kind...thats an north american thing

if it is pulling codes he scammed you

You may also not have the harness hooked up correctly, I believe there is a mismatch with the harness and the hookups which causes a CEL light, easily fixed but you SHOULD not be able to get a code from it. It is just an unpluged wire which causes the light to come on.

Invisible · Post by **Invisible** » March 3rd, 2005, 3:35 am

MX-3 Money wrote:So I finally got the ze sawp all done. I've missed my car so much these last 2 months. But I have a couple questions, so if anyone could help that would be sweet. So my check engine light is on, but nothing seems to be wrong with the car. Im thinking its just the fact that theres a different egine and ecu in the car and it hasn't recognized it yet. Now I bought my ecu from bubbaflaat on this borad and he says that the ecu is a kl36. Now im not saying its the wrong one, but if it was could I pull a code and find out? What would the code say? Plus my idle is a little up and down, it will rev by itself up and down. Would that be the idle screw not set right? But if anyone has some info to help me break this engine in, it would be welcomed.

The self revving could be alot of things, Check your pcv valve, then your hoses for leaks, mine turned out to be my clutch spring.

MX-3 Money · Post by **MX-3 Money** » March 3rd, 2005, 1:49 pm

HA i wish my ecu looked like that. I figured he might have scammed me. The sticker was warn off and "kl36 speed limter removed" was writen in magic marker. I guess im just to trusting. So just to get this clear, would my check engine light come on if it was a k8 ecu? I'll have to check my hoses on the weekend, but as for the wiring harness mix up, the harness has some extra plugs i believe that didn't seem to go anywhere. Is that normal? The shop were i go it done didn't say anything about that. Oh i wish i knew more about cars....lol.

Tunes67 · Post by **Tunes67** » March 3rd, 2005, 2:23 pm

Got a digital camera? Take some pics of the ECU and the wiring harness around it.. post them on Cardomain or something so that the ZE guru's here can take a look at your set up.. be much easier for them to tell if everything is as it should be.

Tunes67

chertel · Post by **chertel** » March 3rd, 2005, 3:54 pm

Just wanted to ask you a question. The ecu, is it located behind the cd player on the floor in the middle of the dash? And is it easy to remove and replace. with the cork sport ecu? Also when doing the swap can you use the motor mounts from the 1.8L for the 2.5?

mxmaz · Post by **mxmaz** » March 3rd, 2005, 4:50 pm

Dont get a corksport ecu, get a real ze ecu. And you can use your motor mounts

Black Magic · Post by **Black Magic** » March 3rd, 2005, 6:00 pm

You guys must be kidding, for most of you as search would come up with all the right answers like 13 in a dosen.

Bastian

jschrauwen · Post by **jschrauwen** » March 3rd, 2005, 6:55 pm

There should be a concurrent thread running now that describes how to pull codes with a real ZE ECU by using an led instead of a wire to jump certain terminals in the diag box. I believe it was someone else experiencing similar problems overseas. It's in here.

jschrauwen · Post by **jschrauwen** » March 3rd, 2005, 6:58 pm

Go here.
http://www.mx-3.com/phpbb2/viewtopic.ph ... 55cc94b6cf

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