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Thread: Mechanics or car savy people lol |
    
Gold Member Username: Basssquared
Kansas
Post Number: 1959
Registered: Nov-06
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| Posted on Wednesday, January 23, 2008 - 06:15 am: |
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i need to know where the car computer is located in a 1994 volkwagen jetta have tried looking for it with no luck  please and thank you ;) |
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Gold Member Username: Rideredder
Cornell,
IL
USA
Post Number: 1329
Registered: Sep-05
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| Posted on Wednesday, January 23, 2008 - 06:51 am: |
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What, did you fry your ECU? That's going to set you back a couple hundred bucks.
I don't know about VW's, but ECU's are usually located under the hood somewhere. If you see a shielded black box with a bunch of wires going to it, that's probably it. Don't take my word on that though. |
Platinum Member Username: Project6
Post Number: 14520
Registered: Dec-03
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| Posted on Wednesday, January 23, 2008 - 09:29 am: |
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Try the base of the windshield next to the wiper assembly. There should be a long black plastic or metal cover that runs the entire length of the windshield covering the ECU.. |
Gold Member Username: Adddisorder
Palm Beach,
Florida
Post Number: 5822
Registered: Jan-06
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| Posted on Wednesday, January 23, 2008 - 11:20 am: |
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in a few cars iv needed to get to the ECU they were up under the dash on the inside of the car. some on the passenger some driver stuff. i dont know about a jetta but that is where i would look. |
Platinum Member Username: Bestmankind
RD 1000.1D with SI MAG...
Post Number: 17197
Registered: Oct-05
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| Posted on Wednesday, January 23, 2008 - 12:11 pm: |
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mat is a car savy person that is why he replied. |
Gold Member Username: Basssquared
Kansas
Post Number: 1960
Registered: Nov-06
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| Posted on Wednesday, January 23, 2008 - 02:14 pm: |
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no its not fuccked up one of my dad's friend is a mechanic sorta lol and he's trying to hook up the scanner to it plug some codes into it but he oesn't know where its located at thanks for the advice guys |
Platinum Member Username: Bestmankind
RD 1000.1D with SI MAG...
Post Number: 17218
Registered: Oct-05
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| Posted on Wednesday, January 23, 2008 - 02:17 pm: |
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np ray. pwned. |
Gold Member Username: Adddisorder
Palm Beach,
Florida
Post Number: 5824
Registered: Jan-06
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| Posted on Wednesday, January 23, 2008 - 06:41 pm: |
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im better with boat engines then cars but close enough. iv done work on enough cars.
by the way ray did you find it? also look between the center console panels under the dash area, thats where it is on one of my cars. and some have them under the hood right by the fuse box. |
Gold Member Username: Nd4spd18
Northwest PA
Post Number: 5725
Registered: Jul-06
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| Posted on Wednesday, January 23, 2008 - 09:38 pm: |
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The connector for the scanner is usually not on the computer........ it's usually under the dash on the drivers side. |
Gold Member Username: Th3pwn3r
Post Number:...
Post Number: 6601
Registered: Jul-06
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| Posted on Thursday, January 24, 2008 - 12:39 pm: |
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"The connector for the scanner is usually not on the computer........ it's usually under the dash on the drivers side."
Yep, dig around under the dash near the steering column and in those areas if you're going for an OBD scan. |
