Fryed ECU (pics included)

[sunburn]

Friday night my wife and i went to vist my mom and dad , the car ran great going to my moms house and also great for some trips around town while we were there .
We are heading back and get bout 15 min from my moms place and i get a solid cel and the car dies on I70,my wife says she started to smell something awful I get it off to the side of the road and I looked at the motor and everything looked fine so I called AAA and had the car towed back to the house .
bigblue and I looked at the car the next day and and found that the ecu had fryed it self and the ecu fuse was also burnt , we could not find any cause for the ecu to fry .
The ecu is a chipped p28.
I am hoping that someone might be able to help me find the anwser because i dont want to just throw in another ecu and go through this again .
any help would be great

p28 ecu .


The back of the board


the back plate of the ecu

[civic_90_08]

damn dude, idk what could have caused that...but that could have been worse then what it really is.

-Jordan

[sunburn]

damn dude, idk what could have caused that...but that could have been worse then what it really is.

-Jordan

Your right , I guess I am just little upset because I just broke the car in apx 600 miles or so

[4GAccordH22]

Looks to me like that capacitor blew up. Sometimes they do that.

[sunburn]

Looks to me like that capacitor blew up. Sometimes they do that.

Okay thank you , is the ecu repairable or would it be toast after that happens?

[bcjammerx]

Don't know if it's fixable, but it looks like it melted the other contacts and "metal runners" I guess it is possible with some metal slivers and serious soldering skillz but I would think not

*looking at the pics again...you will have to replae that board to fix it and I think that ends up meaning the whole thing.

[KeeleDesign]

i find this so ironic, as it has lived up to your screen name.

if thats repairable, that would be good news for alot of people.

[CustomLowz]

Looks to me like that capacitor blew up. Sometimes they do that.

That would be my guess

[visualpoet]

I hate to say it Jeff, but that shit's shot. Circuit boards are usually built in layers, and you've got a big lump of slag there. On the upside, I don't think it's an external cause, that does look like an overheated capacitor, so hopefully the next one will be okay. That's some serious thermal damage, luckily it didn't flare up and cook Tammy's shoes!

[d112crzy]

That's actually quite a common thing on these old ecu's now. I try to replace them whenever possible when I chip ecu's. There's just no telling when they'll go.

But that board is fucked. You'll have to get another ecu.

[sunburn]

Thanks guys for all your help

[sunburn]

i find this so ironic, as it has lived up to your screen name.

yeah I guess it is

[baracuda]

wow thats crazy how it burn that metal case like that too,glad it didnt start a fire that would have sucked big time.

[sunburn]

wow thats crazy how it burn that metal case like that too,glad it didnt start a fire that would have sucked big time.

yeah lol. My wife said the same thing .

[kc8enb07]

is it just me, but is that screw melted?





i know it isnt a p28, but i have a chipped p06 w/ iab we could add vtec to get u rolling. would your chip be savable?