Hello Rich, you're the first one I ever hear of who has a failed Lambda ECU. And then you have a second one that fails on your car ? Very unlikely. This thing is so far away from a computer as the automatic governor is. Most of it is good old analogue electronics and if it is really dead, it shouldn't be hard to repair it. (Dave ? Bitsyncmaster ? ) And if you know somebody who owns a CO-tester ( no, not the $50 stuff) you can set it pretty good now to run better or more fuel efficient. Elvis & 6548 -------- Original-Nachricht -------- > Datum: Tue, 08 Jun 2010 02:12:59 -0000 > Von: "Richard" <racuti1@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > An: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Betreff: [DML] Disabling Lambda > Although I'm a fan of keeping things near-stock, my frequency valve has > stopped functioning for the second time during my ownership. > > The first time, the ECU was at fault, and a fellow owner donated his to me > because he'd converted from fuel injection to carburation and his car no > longer required the ECU. > > I haven't completed my fault isolation yet for today's failure, but if it > is the ECU, I'm wondering how to best set the fuel mixture for general fuel > economy and performance. I'm really trying to understand why I should buy > a 30 year old, decaying computer module that is probably just going to fail > soon after purchase. > > In it's current condition, the frequency valve is shut, as if it didn't > exist, and as if the car didn't have an emission control system. There has to > be a way to tune this thing. > > In the meantime, I'll run the tests I ran last time to see if it really is > the ECU. I look forward to your responses. > > Rich A. > #5335 > -- GRATIS für alle GMX-Mitglieder: Die maxdome Movie-FLAT! Jetzt freischalten unter http://portal.gmx.net/de/go/maxdome01 ------------------------------------ To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnewsYahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: dmcnews-digest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx dmcnews-fullfeatured@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/