97 Disco: Where, oh where, has my ECU gone?

[bendrover]

Joey,
Thanks for your time. I saw the autoenginuity site, and I see the price tag is about $100 more than the Proscan application I found. I just emailed the owner again asking to compare the two, but can I ask, do you know what the difference is? I suppose this goes to the point Cole made of how many bells and whistles I want. I'm eager to learn, but I'm going broke doing it. So that said, if I just want to cover a little more advanced things than just the basic Equus code reader would Proscan app with Elmscan serve me well do you think?
Thanks,
Andrew

 

[joey]

I didn't look at the sites you mentioned, but if I were to do it again, the best bang for the buck IMHO would be:

http://www.obd-2.com/

ISO-(no USB adapter support) $122 + 3 day Ship Free = $122

when looking at the order page, remember it is a rover-discovery......

 

[pdeitenbeck]

The ecu unit for my 96 disco 1 was right next to the washer fluid tank under the hood. It's on the passenger side, mounted to the edge, covered with a black box. It has three prongs (1 red in the middle, 2 black on each side) that snap out and it slides right out. Hopefully yours is the same and this is what you needed.

 

[pete2528ca]

joey...with the one you have, i realize that you can change the check engine light, but can you also clear the service enginge light so that i don't have to rip the kick panel off the passenger side and fry the little reminder box?

pietro

 

[joey]

No, it does not clear the Service Engine light, but when you remove the little box the light goes out..... perminint (sp) fix. Never mess with it again.

 

[pete2528ca]

and does anything get screwed up if the box is removed? I've heard that you can put a little nail into it and short it out, and also heard that you can actually disconect the plug to it?

 

[joey]

Nothing gets screwed up that I have been aware of.... basically the box is just a mileage counter... approx 84k, and it tells the ECU to turn on "Service Engine Light". Without the box, nothing tells the ECU to do this.