this came off my 1996 TE altera 3.0l v6 24v is it a cheap chip ? it has bee soldered and has no brand markings on it at all either, thanks http://www.aussiemagna.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=224&pictureid=1206http://www.aussiemagna.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=224&pictureid=1207

Where did it come from in the car? Is it a speaker? Maybe an alarm component?

Where did it come from in the car? Is it a speaker? Maybe an alarm component?

under the bonnet just above were the thermostat is its been solded in and the wire is smaller cumming from the unit is smaller than the wire with the plug on it

if there is ANY writing on it.. please post it up...

if there is ANY writing on it.. please post it up...

no mate its blank , and do you know were the o2 sensor is on a V6 3.0l Te dohc ?

on exhaust........ try search function!!!!!!!!

on exhaust........ try search function!!!!!!!!

i know its on the exhause just were abouts

no mate its blank , and do you know were the o2 sensor is on a V6 3.0l Te dohc ?

you are talking a standard magna engine right. as magnas are SOHC?

you are talking a standard magna engine right. as magnas are SOHC?

yeah standard 3.0L 24v engine

i know its on the exhaust just were abouts


fixed.. rip up the carpet in the front passenger side i think it should be going through the floor and into the exhaust

i know its on the exhause just were abouts

just before the CAT and after the extractors

fixed.. rip up the carpet in the front passenger side i think it should be going through the floor and into the exhaust

thanks for that mate

Did you consider trying to trace back what it was hooked up to before you blindly ripped it out of the car?

I wonder if this particular unit masks the temp sensor signal from the engine to make the ECU think the engine is cold all the time.

Did you consider trying to trace back what it was hooked up to before you blindly ripped it out of the car?

lol just took it out car runs fine i dnt thunk its ment to be ther seein though its bee solded together and i pices of wire is bigger than the other

I wonder if this particular unit masks the temp sensor signal from the engine to make the ECU think the engine is cold all the time.

thats what i think its is a cheap chip

lol just took it out car runs fine i dnt thunk its ment to be ther seein though its bee solded together and i pices of wire is bigger than the other

What? Can we get an interpreter please?

lol just took it out car runs fine i dnt thunk its ment to be ther seein though its bee solded together and i pices of wire is bigger than the other


What? Can we get an interpreter please?

i just took it out of the car, which by the way, runs fine. I doubt that it was meant to be there as i can see where it was soldered, and the wires were different diameters which is unlikely for a stock part.

Now leave the guy alone and answer the questions, give him a hand not shit, way to treat a new member guys. sorry pimpin i have no idea what the part is. however as lugo suggesed you could figure out what it was attached to, and that would give a good indication. there are wiring diagrams in the workshop manuals in the thirdgen section if you are unsure what it was plugged into.

Having never bought one of those eBay chips I can't honestly say that I know for sure that this is one, however it is installed just like one would have been, and given it does not connect to anything else and just sits inside a non-marked, relatively generic electronics box... I would tend to agree that it is a chip. Either way, you're no worse off without it.

could it be electronic rust proofing?

does the car have a big sterio? amp and such. could be a device that gets rid of the engine noise through the earth?

does the car have a big sterio? amp and such. could be a device that gets rid of the engine noise through the earth?

no , no big system