Ive got a 06 that just bit the dust. I found a 5000 mi. engine that has been in a fire and the ecm is gone. The only thing wrong with the long block is that the valve cover has been slightly melted. Can I use my ecm with this engine or do I need the one from that truck?

 

If connectors match use the one you got.it Ecm or for that matter the engine dosen't know which its plugged into.

 

I figured that would be true but you never know what they come up with.

 

As long as the transmission and rear axle gears match it doesn't matter. However is there a chance that the burned engine might have had a programmer?

 

Do what? He's using HIS old ECM.

 

How did your 06 bit the dust???

 

Check it over very carefully, most likely it will need new gaskets and seals along with anything else damaged in the fire.

 

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I broke the crank and the #4 main cap

 

Fire damage, could have easily melted/damaged seals/gaskets, and depending on HOW hot, more

 

Fires are always bad for metallic parts, as well as non-metallic parts of engines and veichles. The intense heat in places it's not supposed to be could have created stress concentations or risers on the block and other componets, weakening them. Best to have it magnafluxed to check for microscopic cracking. Had you been running your truck stock you may have stood a chance for a goodwill replacement from D-C since it was only a year old.

 

Well it wasn't in stock not that they said one thing about having a tuner in it, to be honest I really dont know if the saw I had one in it, all they did was bolt a new balancer on it since it was broken and figured out that would not do it so they charged me 750.00 and my motor is still blown. They did quote me 13,000 for a new motor though.