Rambo 0 Posted August 31, 2009 Hi im new to this forum, was recommended to join by friends. I have a problem, basically my corrado vr6 1993 had headgasket failure, so i brought a new engine. The seller said it should run fine. But now people are saying it will not run because my car is an obd1 and the engine is an obd2. The seller gave me the ecu and the engine, and said all i have to do is swap the engine and swap the ecu, and it should run. But thats not what im hearing now. Guys can you please help me, as Im no good with mechanics, and am getting worried my corrado will never run again. Will the car run if i just swap the engine and the ecu around. Im also hearing that it if it does magically run somehow, it will be running weird becasue the obd2 engine has alot of sensors, but they can be bipassed if i get the ecu chipped at an engine remapper place. Any help is good help, as i really dont know what to do. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Emkayvr6 0 Posted September 1, 2009 hi and welcome to the forum, indeed ur car would have been obd1 as were all corrado's, the golf had both obd1 and obd2 engine but these were all 2.8l's not 2.9's like the corrado, i don't no for certain but i would have though that u would need the enigine wiring loom from the obd2 engine as well as the ecu, can anyone confirm this?? if i were u i just get the headgasket sorted, and sell the other engine on, gotta be less hassle than swapping engines? cheers mart Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VR6 0 Posted September 1, 2009 What did the engine come from? ... and can we just use one thread please - you started the same thread yesterday, which has now been removed. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
