Engine Control Fuse Blowing?

[soultz]

so i was driving the other day, and the car just turned off completely out of nowhere, i checked all the normal things like spark and fuel level and all was fine...then i thought it could be a blown fuse so i had a look, surely enough it was the "engine control" fuse, i replaced it, and it blew again in 5 minutes and the car turned right off again. i replaced it again and it hasnt done it till today again...just then i was driving home and the car turned off whilst i was going up a hill fml can anoyone help me with what this could be? heres a photo of what keeps blowing

[Moodles2]

Engine Control might be the ECU, check if your passenger footwell is damp. If it is damp you might have a leaking heater core or heater hose

[soultz]

will do right now, ill let you know in 10 mins

[soultz]

the car runs different aswell, like a loss of power?

[soultz]

hmm the ecu smells burnt....

[soultz]

well i think thats the problem, what do you think? thing is i dont know what fried the ECU...

[soultz]

can anyone tell me...

my ecu says

G8 23710 13V00

MEC-R720 B1 6125

do i need to get the same one exactly? or just a R33 GTS-T S2 Manual One?

[Godzilla34]

Might as well throw in a power fc or nistune now

[soultz]

was thinking of getting a unichip? are they good?

[Moodles2]

Don't bother with piggyback's. Just get another stock ECU, R33 ECU's can't be Nistune'd so demand isn't very high so should be cheap to replace. If you ever did go Nistune you would need a Z32 ECU (VCT support) or a RB20 ECU (no VCT support) anyway.

I wouldn't go ahead and put a PFC in just incase what fried that ECU might fry another, until I was sure it was the ECU that was faulty and not something else electrical that caused it (water etc).

[soultz]

hey guys!

i got a r33 gts-t ecu today, i opened it up and it looks different to my old one...my old one had 1 level of pcb board and thats it, this new one has the same bottom but theres a second level of board, is that ok? why didnt mine have it before?

[Godzilla34]

Possibly series one or two ecu? What series 33 is yours

[Kenna802]

Your old part number looks to be a series 2 ecu but if that new board has a idle screw adjustment than i dare say its for a series 1 or 1.5

[soultz]

ah crap...yeah it wont work...i just plugged it in and turned it over it dosent go....it turns over but wont kick in and start...

[soultz]

the guy i bought it off swears it came off hes S2 r33..

[soultz]

i got stoojed the guy said he wont refund coz he "swears its off a s2"