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Re: no start - Help! (archive)
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Posted by Malcolm on February 24, 2002 at 12:26:15:

In Reply to: Re: no start - Help! posted by TedM5 on February 24, 2002 at 00:10:51:

Putting in the chip puts stress on the ECU circuit boards. It is quite possible that you had a failing solder joint and installing the chip just made it worse.

If you handy with a soldering iron, try resoldering where the big transistor connects to the PCB. That fixed a similar problem in my car.

Malcolm
'88 M5
'98 328i

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