i've had the front of the car on jack stands for about 2 weeks and the last week i pulled the upper ic pipe, battery and ecu out. i needed to start it today and my friend was over with his ix so i threw in his ecu and cranked, nothing. tried again for maybe 10 secs nothing...... only thing i could guess was his ecu wont work in my car or sitting for 2 weeks with the front up in the air drained the fuel to the back..... how much cranking though should it take to get the fuel there. little confused any answers?

 

if im understanding your post correctly... to took the ECU out of your friends car and put it in yours... if in fact this is what you did...this would not work because the immoblizer code of your buddies ECU would not match your key's code...and you couldnt use his key b/c your ignition would not unlock with his key.

 

close i used my own key.... well thats what i was thinking there must be something that prevents the use of other ecu's....

 

What did you do to it while it was on the jack stands besides the batt and stuff?

 

Did you put your UICP back on??

 

Assuming everything is back on correctly I'm guessing it is because your car will not work with your friends ecu

 

Im pretty sure his ECU will not start with your key. Your key needs to be programmed to his ECu

 

^^ right on, u have to use ur own ecu that it's programmed with ur car, u can't use other evo's ecu.

 

If you have to use someone else's ECU, maybe you could try holding his key NEXT TO the ignition while using yours IN the ignition...

 

why did you put his ECU in your car in the first place?

 

sweet sounds like we got an answer. my ecu is at bucshur right now and i was going to install a walbro. it says in the instructions to run the car with the fuel plug off till it died so...... anyway it didnt need to be ran i installed it anyway no problem.

 

yep i agree with everyone else, the original ecu needs to be installed.

 

We live we learn.....let this be a lesson to all