Help!!!!! Ecu got wet!!!!!

[Robertson21]

Hey everyone!!

im new to this site and not to sure how quickly people reply but im in a real jam.....first off im a F***ing idiot for doin this but i took the top half of my ecu box off to run a power wire to my new amp... i forgot to put it back on and i decided to wash my car. That got me into a world of trouble, my ecu got wet and my car is doing some crazy shit:

4 ways wont go off
rpm gauge doesn't work
engine light on
ecp light on
car sputters wont idle properly
oil light came on at one point
and others

i pulled the bracket off the ecu and tried drying everything up. I couldn't figure out how to unclip the harness to try and dry out the connecters, but im letting it sit for a while with the hood up doors open and battery disconected.

if anyone has some usefull advice for me or what im going to be replacing to have it running again please let me know asap

thanks alot:
D Robertson.

[infinkc]

did you dry out the inside of the ecu? open it up with a secutity torx and make sure that thing is completely dry.

[JDM EJ1 95]

the ecu itself probably isnt wet inside.. but the actual wiring inside the box that holds the ecu where all the plugs from the engine harness and what not are plugged in is probablyf ull of water.. let it dry out and dont turn the car on.. and it should be fine (if you didnt damage anything by turning it on already)

[Robertson21]

ok i took the ecu out and made sure all the water is out everything is nice and dry now. I still have a bad feeling i probably fried some kinda sensor cause i had started a couple time to try and figure out the problem. Thanks for the help

[fdation]

oh shit i hope it all works out

[Robertson21]

just reporting about how my car is doing....i dried out the ecu and let the car dry out for the day i plugged it back in everything is back to normal except for my ECP light is on and the idle fluctuates from 300 to 2000 rpm back and forth. it won't idle properly and suggestions???

[blmlozz]

New ecu. If it didn't run like this pre water damage and does post..the only thin that happened inbetween was te ecu dunked in water. Try to dry it up once more. Past that the classifieds are a good place to start looking.

[The_Jerbel]

The EPC light should be on.

Did you try taking apart the ECU to dry it out?

[Robertson21]

MY CAR IS OK!!!!! i took the ecu out dried it stuck it back in everything is back to normal..for now.. anyway thanks alot everyone for your help

[spokismB5S4]

MY CAR IS OK!!!!! i took the ecu out dried it stuck it back in everything is back to normal..for now.. anyway thanks alot everyone for your help

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[jpatches11]

MY CAR IS OK!!!!! i took the ecu out dried it stuck it back in everything is back to normal..for now.. anyway thanks alot everyone for your help

i have this same problem and was wondering how you dried out your ecu? did you just take it out and let it sit for a while or can i use like a hair dryer or something?

[udcc11]

Put it in a bowl of rice. Works for cell phones and I don't see why it wouldn't work for an ECU.

[ChrisGS4]

Good to hear about someone lucking out. It's nice to catch a break every once in a while.

[soundpool]

Put it in a bowl of rice. Works for cell phones and I don't see why it wouldn't work for an ECU.

Fried rice or steamed?

[udcc11]

Fried rice or steamed?

uncooked. Rice absorbs moisture.