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Update: sent off ECU for recapping and cleaning. Confirmed that had some mild board damage. Did the recaps anyway, no actual trace repair. It’s been about a month and the problem has completely vanished.

Anyone have experience with tanin auto electronix for ECU repair?

planning on swapping in a hilux surf ECU to diagnose the issue. Even if it doesn't fix it, probably planning on getting the ecu checked out. anyone recommend a repair place? Thanks. USA preferably

Pulled ECU out of curiosity. Had a recent long drive, 12+ hours highway driving which I know might not have been the smartest idea given the lack of a diagnosis. Problem was intermittent the whole drive. I feel like sometimes playing with the AC and cranking up the heat also affected the...

I did inspect the throttle body a while back and it was really clean, didn’t remove it though. I guess TPS diagnosis is next. What’s the best way to do this? Do you just pull it and apply a multimeter to it while manipulating the pins? Problem came back. It disappeared a day or two after the...

Have a ‘96 Prado 90 1kzte with roughly 160k KM on it, new owner. After a few weeks with it developed rpm jumping at 80kmh, where the rpm would jump up 200-300, then drop down, then back up, as long as the car held at that speed. Was inconsistent at first then gradually became constant. Of...