
No Spark From the DME: Testing and Repairing a BMW E30 325i Bosch 0 261 200 164
The owner of this BMW E30 325i did not post his engine ECU to us for a repair. He posted it for an answer. The car would not start, and he could not tell whether
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The owner of this BMW E30 325i did not post his engine ECU to us for a repair. He posted it for an answer. The car would not start, and he could not tell whether

Cylinders 1 and 4 were not firing on this Ford Ka 1.3, whose engine was running rough. The car was diagnosed as having a faulty engine ECU, a Visteon EEC-V with the Ford number 1S5F-12A650-AB,

Damage inside the Bosch 0281 011 741 engine ECU of a Mercedes-Benz C-Class C220 CDI had its cause outside the unit altogether: the car’s starter motor circuit. Our engineers repaired the ECU and returned it,

Our tests found the Bosch 0281 010 927 from this Mercedes Vito functioning correctly, so the unit was sent back to the customer as “No Fault Found”. Afterwards, an auto-electrician carrying out a wiring continuity

The Siemens SIM210 engine ECU from this petrol Ford Fiesta 1.25 had been spiked. Our testing confirmed as much. What caused it is another matter: the record of the job offers a possible cause, not

This BMW 320d had been driving normally until its owner stopped at some shops. When he came back to it, the car would not start. Below is how that fault was traced to the engine

The customer with this LDV Maxus van had a suspicion before its engine ECU ever reached our workshop. The battery terminals had accidentally been connected the wrong way around, the engine would not crank, the

Customer has a Fiat Punto with a missfire on cylinder 2 and suspects a faulty ECU but could not wait to have his ECU unit tested and repaired so therefore opted for our replacement service.

Before this Bosch engine ECU, number 0261 200 614, from a Mercedes-Benz C200 (W202) could be repaired, its fault had to show itself on our testing rig. The fault was a misfire on two cylinders.

Our testing rig gave two verdicts on this Bosch engine ECU, number 0261206303, from a 1999 Mercedes-Benz ML430 that would not start. The first came after we reworked a badly soldered chip, and it was