Ticking Sound Help

[RPR33]

hey guys I put a new ecu in my car today its just another stock one for a series 2 r33, after I put it in and connected the power back up everything was fine I started the car and it all seemed to be working well. I turned the car off and put the ecu back into place along with the covers. After doing this I thought I'll go for a drive and see how she feels, but when I turned on the accessories I heard a very rapid ticking or clicking sound from the area ecu I did not try to start the car at this point just turned it off. So I pulled it all back out to have a look but it all looked fine! I turned the key again with the ecu just lying on the floor and nothing, the accessories came on and it all looked well, after a few seconds a moved the ecu around a little and the car stalled and the clicking started again much slower just 1-2 clicks a second????? It seems to be coming from that little blue plug that sits behind the ecu and is bracketed to the car???? Any idea why this would be happening? Or what it is? each click I could hear the fuel pump stopping and my safc would turn off…

[RPR33]

Short story I put in a new stock ecu. Now the blue plug that is bracketed to the car behind the ecu is click or ticking. Each time is happens and car has a power loss

[W0rp3D]

A wire shorting?

check to make sure that one of the connections in the plug has not come loose and is shorting against the body.

[RPR33]

been looking all looks good I'll keep looking but

[QWK32]

a little bit further up that loom you'll find two green relays, could be one of them chattering, you may have disturbed one of them or the cables going to them. they are the ECCS relays which give power to you ecu, injectors and coils. i'd start by checking these relays.

Edited December 18, 2008 by QWK32

[Adriano]

Make sure the plug is tightened and pushed into the ecu, they have a habit of flexing.

[RPR33]

Adriano you hit the nail on the head... plug just wasn't sitting right thanks guys!!!!!! my car now has no power but it is no longer pinging either lol