rado ecu on a golf

[gavinvr6 0]

a while ago i had an engine swap done, i was told i had an obd2 engine block/head fitted with my obd1 ancilleries attatched to that making it obd1. my original engine was obd1 coil pack and i still have a obd1 coil pack engine. only thing is i removed the scuttle tray to chase some wires the other day and found 2.9 hand written on my ecu. now the car has a rado inlet mani and tb fitted but a 2.9 ecu on a 2.8 coil pack engine cant be right.

i know when the engine was fitted the idiot who done the work had problems getting it to run right but he apparently enlisted the help of an ecu 'expert' to sort things out. well atleast he tried to charge me for one. and he also insisted my original ecu was shagged and that he had sourced another matching ecu and that also didnt work, i never knew i had a rado ecu fitted till the other day. it runs perfectly fine though.

basically my question is---- is this going to fuck up my motor and should i change it back to an early 2.8 coilpack ecu and see what happens?

also as a side question will it work better/give better performance this way?

now i know a coil pack ecu cant run a dizzy engine and even coil pack ecu's only work on same seriel numbered ecu car's and dizzy ecu's wont work coil pack engines, so how on earth is my car still moving

[J5KE F 0]

Dont think it will cause major issues, I have been using a 2.8obd1 ecu on a 2.9 rado lump and onld probs was immobiliser.. once that was sorted it was ok.

I would imagine the fuelling may be slightly different but thats all? (i'm sure someone will correct me if i'm wrong!)

Who did the work? was it someone local..?

[gavinvr6 0]

well was local to me when i was in south london. wont mention any names coz i got my butt chewed by admin for ripping into the idiot

but basically a 2 day max job that was supposed to be a straight forward rado swap see me with out a car for 4 weeks and just a 70k 2.8 from an obd2 fitted. and 1500 of my hard earned down the bog. and the cheeky git tried to rack up some extra charges for the extra work he had to do, like replace my ecu he fried and fitting a rado inlet and tb when it was supposed to be a rado bloody engine. lol.

the term not happy bunny is an understatement

since moving to pompey ive had to keep the car on the road myself coz i dont know any decent garages capable of dealing with vr's and my handy work is realy taking it's toll on the old girl now ha ha ha

[J5KE F 0]

i'm only up the road from pompey fella.. nearest vr specialists would be storm in aldermaston, c2 in basingstoke or the phirm in guildford way..

they all know the score..

[gavinvr6 0]

hmm will have to go see the phirm about this ecu issue if no-one here can answer. i think they are in farnham so i could visit em whilst im at work. was hoping i could sort it without having to go to a specialist tho since specialist cost special money lol

if your just in s'hampton you should pop over to southsea at some point. there is a small vw group there im part of and were always looking for new members. and we only have a grand total of 3 vr's lol

[gavinvr6 0]

re'ss another strange twist.

am i right in saying that an obd1 cam sensor has a white plug and a fly lead and that an obd2 cam sensor does not have a fly lead?

i wwas given a cam sensor for my vr, obd1. and it's different to the one i have instaled.

i got some frankenstein shit going on with my engine lol