Changed DIS and now no start?

[azmattaz06]

Somewhere on this forum a few people told me my little missing type problem was most likely my DIs so i went and changed it and now my car won't start at all i even put my old one back on and no start.. Please tell me what's going on thank you

 

[ScottA]

Dumb question but did you disconnect your battery?

If not you may need to in order for the computer to re-set it self.

I am not 100% sure this but it makes sense to me.

 

[93rev2sev]

That and make sure to bolt it in place; especially at the bottom. The bottom 2 holes are the grounds for the module. They MUST have a good ground path through the inake manifold end tank to the bracket in the corner, to the bolt on the back of the rear tank, to the grounding strap...to the car body...and back to the bolt next to the battery with that heavier guage ground...to the battery...I think...

 

[azmattaz06]

Yeah im an idiot i didn't know about the whole ground thing and i just put on the two top bolt's just to try it out and yeah i put in all four and it started right up thank's tho guy's

 

[Kens1992mtxSHO]

After DIS replacement you should be putting a thermal displacement compound on the back of the DIS. When I replaced mine I went to a computer store and found what I needed there. Works just fine.

 

[SHO_DOODmorrris]

thermal displacment compound as in heat disipation compound like the stuff you put on the back of a heatsink? yeah was gonna say bolt it down, i think a loose bolt on the dis modual has been the culprit of many WTF situations lol.

-M

 

[Kens1992mtxSHO]

thermal displacment compound as in heat disipation compound like the stuff you put on the back of a heatsink?

Goes by many different names, but yes. Like the stuff put on computer chips to keep them from over heating.

 

[itwonder]

Just ask for heat sink compound #276-1372 at Radio Shack. No need to spend a penny more. But if you just HAVE to spend more, RS also carries Arctic silver which does the same thing and costs double or triple.