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47 thoughts on “Blown up ford replacing a fried ecm 4.6 v8”
  1. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Eileen Hawkins says:

    The difference between the 1997 Econoline van and this 2004 model is striking. And what is striking is how poorly maintained this one is. The only time my ride looked that bad is when I was delivering newspapers for a living, and the wrapping and wires would accumulate in the back seat. If a service person came to my home/business in this rattletrap, I wouldn't let him/her in. The people with the '97 can were trying, but parts were short. (I also think their mechanic was screwing them, doing the least they could get by with.) These people don't even try. If I had a business van I depended on, it would never go below a quarter tank of gas. Like I said, I would be reluctant to do business with these people.

  2. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Hola! mark friedem says:

    $800-$1000 for replacing an ECM, who can afford to fix the other issues

  3. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Steven Abbott says:

    Ray next time just slide the computer out from the inside

  4. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars MonkeyJedi99 says:

    About a decade ago my Saturn sedan needed a new ECM because the mass airflow damper rusted shut, causing a over-voltage or over-current on the sensor or damper control that fed back into the ECM and killed it.
    I was able to use a junkyard ECM, but it had to be data-reset at the dealership, as my mechanic did not have the ability to reset it.
    Only now, watching part one of this series, did I learn that it was about the VIN being programmed in, not anything to do with the performance of the car.

  5. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars JBFPV says:

    I like the fact that they didn't bury ecm. Normally it is not promised how well it will work.

  6. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Bob Nobles Jr. says:

    Like the saying goes…You can't polish a turd.

  7. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Martin Naylor says:

    Should be law for workshops that the mechanics will not work on a filthy vehicle.
    Why should a mechanic get the dreaded lurgie because of you. You have some courage getting into that vehicle. Suggest a hazmat suit and breathing apparatus in-future👍.
    You have a great day👍🇬🇷

  8. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars oil says:

    if you had the ford diagnostic software and the VCM you could program the ECM without having to call the hotline

  9. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars mudrunner1957 says:

    Watched so many of these videos that every time the phone rings i make the ring sound too.

  10. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars james bateman says:

    the technician on the other end of the phone sounded like a kid like 12 👀

  11. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Rock Yourworld says:

    So Ray! Why do you say the injector was cause for the ECU driver failure?: When you said the injectors resistance checked out higher than normal.
    Surely that would normally reduce the current going through the ECU driver? v/r=i right? So therefore the 12.2 volt supply and normal injector resistance 16ohm impedance i think? That would give 0.76 amps, if it was 18 ohms then 0.67 amps at the ecu. Well with in a standard mosfets 1 amp capacity.

    So I don't get how the injector would be cause in the matter of the ecu failure?
    Does Ford use a current controller prior to the driver mosfet in the ECU or something?

  12. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars numberyellow says:

    Whatever business they have, i wouldn't hire them, under any circumstances. You can tell a lot about the level of professionalism, and work ethic a company has, by the way they maintain their vehicle fleet.

  13. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Steven Leach says:

    "dupe-t-doos" Now, I am doing – "dupe-t-doos" every time my phone rings. I am doomed.

  14. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars traymindless traymindless says:

    10 TO 1 THERE wasn't anything wrong with the first ecm it was changed out for nothing

  15. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Jerry says:

    Ray, I'm sure the injector did not take out the ECU! As the injector resistance goes up the ECU driver current goes down therefore the ECU driver has a less demand on it. As a EE who worked on a team that developed the great grandparent of today's ECU (early 90's ). Back then, they were designed to last a million miles. That meant they could survive a harsh and extreme mistreatment environment. ECU driver shorts opens and electrostatic discharge protection were design into the system. I think a fault at manufacturing finally killed the ECU. We call it the Apollo 13 sindrome .

  16. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars matthew King says:

    I want to meet this guy some day and buy him a litre of beer.

  17. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars TheMaliceTv says:

    This question doesn't portain to this video but in a diesel motor compression creates friction = ignition correct?

  18. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars encinobalboa says:

    Now that coils and #7 injector are diagnosed bad, hopefully van owner will go to junkyard and get cheap replacement parts. That van is ancient and not worth pouring good money after bad.

  19. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Gunner In Black Airsoft says:

    Anyone else look at the ECM and think “damn that’s the biggest Super Nintendo cartridge I’ve ever seen!” No? Just me then.

  20. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Rangerstl07 says:

    "Penny wise, Pound foolish."

  21. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Travis Sheridan says:

    hyper doo doo dee doo’s, you kill me!

  22. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Brian Hepp says:

    While I was stationed in Germany, I had an Opel that the heater core came out just like that, two screws and two clamps, done! Why the heck can’t our engineers do that on all vehicles, a guy can dream right!!!

  23. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Stef says:

    do do do doepti do😂😂

  24. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars 79tazman says:

    Watch out for the major vacuum leak because the vac line to the brake booster is off.

  25. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars David Sparks says:

    ECHINACEA WILL PROTECT YOU…RAW GARLIC KEEPS BLOOD FLOWING (Keeps veins open) I have eaten it since a youngster…raw…peanut butter sandwich and raw garlic…keeps garlic from burning taste buds..(.be 73 in a few days)

  26. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars cheapasstech says:

    I wonder if specialised ECU repair of Oakland park FL could fix that ECU – they do european mostly tho. I know a lot of Toyotas have leaky caps in them breaking the unit

  27. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars TheBlueberrys Workbench says:

    But, did you reinstall the break booster vacuum lol

  28. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Robert Starkey says:

    For a vehicle engine bay always use high temp 88 made by 3M

  29. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Ted Moss says:

    How can you get the old information if the old ECM is completely dead?

  30. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Bill Reynolds says:

    You only moderately sounded like Bea Arthur.

  31. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Jeff Grant says:

    Good video buddy 👍

  32. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Garth Howe says:

    Why worry about leaking exhaust flange gaskets… it's not like the engine is in the passenger compartment…. oh wait….

  33. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars NeoMorph WTH says:

    Replace the ECM but not replace the cause? Yeah, someone is gonna come back and claim it was repaired when the ECM fries again.

  34. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Charlie Rumsfeld says:

    I snore all the time. Doesn't make me hoarse. The cold probably did that

  35. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Philip Surette says:

    Put you freakin camera on a tripod or a magnetic bracket.

  36. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Ted Blumstein says:

    HYPER DOOOO-DEEEE-DOOOO!!!!!!

  37. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars justin Jacobs says:

    Hey Ray ,, I'm a fan .. Id love for you to give us a roundabout guesstimate price of every repair you make ..

    It would help us understand the total picture and give us some confidence when looking at different jobs on our own vehicles

  38. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars David Kelly says:

    I would not want my car to be worked on by someone using only one hand, how about a head mounted camera or those glasses with a camera in them.

  39. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars ToxicWaste says:

    It goes in the hole. And one nut and two nuts oh dear lordy that does not sound very good lol

  40. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Mr Q says:

    For the love of God, someone get this guy a camera headstrap!

  41. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Rip Roaring Garage says:

    The 4.6…and amazing long lasting engine, killed by modern electronics and stupid processes…Im fighting with one now. Won't start…and I fear its the ECM (no crank, no codes, at least ones I can read…)

  42. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars NoRetreat says:

    It’s man flu,not a cold🤕

  43. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars hillppari says:

    pop the old one in oven for a bit and remelt the joints. good as new

  44. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars William Duhamel says:

    Mofo?, don’t you mean FoMo?

  45. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars William Duhamel says:

    I had my BCM rebuilt by a company in North Florida. They say the solder comes loose in fbodys and the chips start to come loose.

  46. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Ronald Daub says:

    5g

  47. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Jonathan Sim says:

    Can never have too many “clicks.”

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