GT03 ECU

[andygtt]

anyone ever heard of the EUC going in the GT03.... I know its an issue in the 2.5 cars but the dealer recon mines gone in my 03?

Do hope there isn't a 300% rise in the price of these as well otherwise I will be putting Motec on it myself which I know is better and reliable.

[ThatPhilBrettGuy]

One or two have gone pop, but nowhere near the same number as the old 2.5 spaghetti ones. It's usually the output stages that go and I don't think they're that expensive to fix.

[obes]

andygtt said:

anyone ever heard of the EUC going in the GT03.... I know its an issue in the 2.5 cars but the dealer recon mines gone in my 03?

Do hope there isn't a 300% rise in the price of these as well otherwise I will be putting Motec on it myself which I know is better and reliable.

Yes, IIRC the early 3's were still on the MM ecu.

Either way, if it's dead your Motec option will probably be as good as any.

[andygtt]

all thats wrong is that the car wont fire on the starter button... it turns over and push starts/ runs perfectly.... so I 'could' get around it using a relay but the dealer have sent it to Noble for repair or replace... I'm not sure I want the replace option.

its a 2003 car so I guess it is an early GT03, but I thought all 03's had the newer ECU

Edited by andygtt on Wednesday 30th July 12:30

[alex s]

andygtt said:

all thats wrong is that the car wont fire on the starter button... it turns over and push starts/ runs perfectly.... so I 'could' get around it using a relay but the dealer have sent it to Noble for repair or replace... I'm not sure I want the replace option.

its a 2003 car so I guess it is an early GT03, but I thought all 03's had the newer ECU

Edited by andygtt on Wednesday 30th July 12:30

Andy, my car is a early GTO3 (nov 2002), one of the first and it came with a MBE ecu.
HTH

[andygtt]

mines a july 2004 though number 138ish and I know someone selling no 136 said his was the newer ECU... I'll speak to the garage later and find out which one it was...

If it turns out to be the old one then the Motec M800 ECU I have lying around at home will be going in.

[andygtt]

ok its confirmed that it is the later ecu, guess I just have to wait to see if Noble can fix this or want to replace it.

The worst part is that I am due to drive round europe in it on sunday so looks like I will have to cancel my holiday unless noble turn it around in a day!!!!

[S26VE P]

Would the easier option of fitting the motec now be a better choice?

[ThatPhilBrettGuy]

S26VE P said:

Would the easier option of fitting the motec now be a better choice?

Changing the loom is a real pain. Also it'll effectively preclude Trevor from mapping it if you were thinking of doing that at some point.

[ThatPhilBrettGuy]

andygtt said:

ok its confirmed that it is the later ecu, guess I just have to wait to see if Noble can fix this or want to replace it.

The worst part is that I am due to drive round europe in it on sunday so looks like I will have to cancel my holiday unless noble turn it around in a day!!!!

Have you chatted to Kerridges about it? They might have one sitting around, you never know.

[andygtt]

Yeh its in Kerridges, they plugged another ECU in and it fired first time.

I'm getting a quote before I comit (the Motec ecu I have cost me £2k on its own)... hoping it can be fixed (its only a minor fault) and get it back before the weekend.

But its out of my hands at the moment

[GTO400]

Andy, YHM

[Adrian W]

andygtt said:

Yeh its in Kerridges, they plugged another ECU in and it fired first time.

I'm getting a quote before I comit (the Motec ecu I have cost me £2k on its own)... hoping it can be fixed (its only a minor fault) and get it back before the weekend.

But its out of my hands at the moment

Noble will just send it to MBE you might have been able to speed it up by sending it yourself.

[MadMacMcMad]

My MBE (ally cased)on a GTO3 went pop and i sent it to Noble. They sent me one to use while mine was being repaired.
When I got mine back, it was a completely new one in the black plastic casing. They charged me £200 odd quid.

Not bad really.

[NickyTwoHats]

I had oe go pop on my GT03 recently - a surge had melted the track on the printed circuit board. The chip had protected itself somehow. Yellowshed helped me to get it fixed for a very reasonable sum...

[andygtt]

I would sort it myself but I am unfortunatelly in the US this week... so perfect timing really lol.

A very nice member on here with some spare ECU's is keen to help me out for which I am very grateful so hopefully I can get it on the road for the weekend.

Very glad I posted on here now as it could have saved my holiday

[Graham-P]

Andy, do need me to do anything for you? I'm in work tomorrow and Friday but if you need something collected or I can do inthe evening or Sat morn.

[andygtt]

Cheers for the offer Graham, hopefully I have it as much in hand as I can at the moment but will definatelly let you know about Saturday.

[andygtt]

Yipeee its fixed so my holiday is saved....