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96realwe
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Nov 26, 2009, 9:12 AM
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1997 Mitsubishi Eclipse Spyder GST, 2.0 ltr, 4cyl, turbo, automatic transmission,
Recently this car has been draining the battery to the point it won’t start almost daily, I have replaced the alternator, battery, ignition switch, cables and more. The problem that I have tracked down is the voltage regulator built into the ECM only switches to charging the battery when you rev the engine until about the point the turbo kicks in then it starts recharging the battery, if you don't rev it it won't start charging. A 12 volt battery at 12.3 volts to starts drops to about 5 volts at startup and then if you don’t rev the engine the battery won’t charge and then when the voltage drops to about 10.7 volts it starts running crappy, soon after that it won’t have enough power to start the car. Also it will throw a check engine light and OBD2 code of (P1500 Generator FR Terminal Circuit Malfunction). I have read other forums and I am pretty sure the problem is in the ECM and the pin is number 41 no trace of damage on the circuit board, but I can hear some component clicking in and out when the car is driving and the battery voltage is dropping and the engine starts running bad, my question is does anyone know what component on the board is the voltage regulator or switch that kicks it in and out. I would like to make a board repair rather than buying a ECM any help?
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Hammer Time
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Nov 26, 2009, 9:35 AM
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If you try to repair that yourself, all you are going to accomplish is to ruin the ECM. There are repair centers for these that will repair it for you. Just doo a Google search for ECMs and you should see some.
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steve01832
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Nov 29, 2009, 4:02 PM
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HammerTime is right. These boards are cold-soldered and if you take an iron to them you may melt the tracer rendering the board useless.
Steve
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