HELP! I went to remove my ECU to ship it out...
04-22-2003, 04:50 PM
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HELP! I went to remove my ECU to ship it out...
for a GIAC X chip and found that the silver ECU case is completely surrounded by a black metal casing that I can see no way of removing. It prevents the removal of one of the wiring harnesses and the ECU box itself. My car is a 2003. Did I totally miss how the whle thing works, or is Audi perhaps trying to discourage chipping or ECU theft?
04-22-2003, 04:55 PM
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Do u have a pic of it?? its prolly the.....
wires connecting to the ecu......if it is than to the left of the big one there is a gary lever and put it to the left slowly and then pull it out. then take a screw driver and pry the ecu out alittle and then once when u get it out then turn it around and do the same with with the other connected wire and then out comes ur ecu.
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04-22-2003, 05:03 PM
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Re: Do u have a pic of it?? its prolly the.....
No, I got as far you are talking about. I had the ecu pulled free of its cradle, the black metal case I'm talking about comes out with the ecu box. But you can't move the box more than a couple of inches out of the cradle because of the fact that the one wiring harnesses is locked under the black metal casing with the ecu.
04-22-2003, 05:18 PM
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Don't do that!.....>>>
You've got the "chastity Belt" installed on late model cars. You need to break or drill out the rivets. There's instructions here somewhere. Do a search on chastity belt and you should come up with some info....
04-22-2003, 05:19 PM
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it's called a chastity belt among some people. I was put on in 03 to prevent tampering. There are ways around it, call the aftermarket dealer to help you out on this. APR has a solution. Also people on the other forum have over come it as well.
