cheapest place to get a new ecm?

[DSM97RS]

the shop that has my car right now said my ecm has gone bad and thats whats causing the idle to act up. they also want $300+ to fix it. is there any way i can get out of this with SOME money left.

[AJ]

Yes, buy a used one. I just did a search on car-parts.com for the part and there are several junk yards in the cities that have them ffor anywhere from $55 - $150.00

That was for the NT with a 5spd. The search would be diff if you have an AT, but prices should be similar.

[JET]

It seems pretty unlikely to me that your ECU went bad. What shop is it at?

[DSM97RS]

thanks, where is the ecm on their list? im only seeing the ecu

[AJ]

ecm is the ecu.

[DSM97RS]

its at protech (closest thing to my house). i talked to the guy on the phone and he told me it was the ecm that was throwing off the throttle and making it run rich. i asked him a few different times the exact name of the part and he kept giving me explinations on what was happening to it instead.

[JET]

I think they are full of shit, take it somewhere that knows a DSM better. You could try borrowing an ECU from someone and trying it before you spend more money too.

[DSM97RS]

i took it to them to get it diagnosed, not fixed which is why im pissed i couldnt get the problem out of the guy in the first call. ill call back...

[DSM97RS]

mech isnt in till 8am tomorrow. more waiting...

[CarPsyco84]

I could probly get you an ECU for pretty cheap, 50 bucks probly, even a EPROM just let me know if it's actually the ecu, does sound fishy though, only probs with hte ecu usually is the caps and that would cause more than just a rich idle...

[JET]

Yeah, I would guess the idle speed control motor is bad.

[DSM97RS]

k, i just called back and after he gave me the explination of what my car is doing yet again, i was able to find out the engine temp sensor is faulty.

[JET]

That makes much more sense.

[CarPsyco84]

lucky it starts... my plug for that went bad, and it did not start