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Originally Posted by COURTESYCART
Heliarc. DO that to a newer truck/car and see how expensive it will be to fix. ECU's dont like power surges. Most of the new cars will completely shut down if batt volts is lost anyway as a safe mode, so this is NOT a good test. I am a ASE master certified tech, BMW master Certified tech and a Certified Mercedes tech. Doing this to a german car can/will cost you a (as in 1) 1500.00 ECU.
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That's the thing.I don't have a single vehicle with an ECU.I like to work on my cars myself, not have to take them to a computer programmer.And, as I said before, I did this a couple times back in the day before I had a voltmeter and I know it can be destructive, so can we please lay off it now?