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Old Sep 6, 2003 | 09:03 PM
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Protege ECU?

Hey guys I know the ECU is secret but could somebody give me a hint or just tell me where I can find my ECU? thanks for the info.
Old Sep 7, 2003 | 07:41 AM
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The ECU is typically located behind/under the glovebox on the passenger side of the vehicle. Just follow some wires until they all clump together
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By the way, it's the software in the ECU that is hard to crack, not finding the ECU itself.
Old Sep 7, 2003 | 03:29 PM
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It's in the passenger foot well. You'll have to pull back the carpet and all and remove a metal plate.

Careful of the plate because some sadistic monkey sharpened the edges of mine before it went into the car. I'm not the only who has been cut neither.
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sin't the ecu just on an EEPROM? can yo just rip the code off with an eeprom programer? those programers are free from your local college j/k

when i was in college i was allowed to use the eeprom and one of my class mates downlaoded an "optimized" code for a feiro and he burned the eeprom with the new code and it worked
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Thx for the info hopefully I can locate it.
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If you have any trouble at all finding it, go up to your dealer and simply ask a technician. I'm sure they could point you in the right direct, and it should be free of charge, just taking a few seconds to ask how to get to it.
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