Perfect. Thanks, Volvooh. That has been my contention all along, but I had so many tell me that the LAST place I should look was the ECU. It has been a long strange trip, but I talked to ARD last night and am sending all out this morning. Thanks so much for your input and I have my fingers crossed t...

Hello all, It has been some time yet and I am still trying to solve this puzzle. I have all new information now: Over time I have replaced most every possible issue that came up in the Diagnostics report (VIDA). Today I finally reached a point where there are no error codes either when I first start...

Thank you all for the input. As for IMMOBI, no. It would not start on such a consistent basis if that were the problem. There is definitely a "ghost in the machine". I removed the ETM last night and am cleaning it now, but it wasn't as obviously dirty as I was hoping. There is such a defin...

Hello all, I am still working on and thoroughly befuddled by this problem. If you have followed my thread, you will see that I have a very strange problem. I have done more elimination and have some new info to add: -Car starts fine when completely cold...first time, every time -After about 3 minute...

OK. Thanks for all the good ideas...so far I'm still stumped. I do have some new info to add: When I start the car first time, it will run for 4-5 minutes and then shut down on its own. After that, no more spark until the next day. One of the consistent error codes is -ECM-720A: Immobilizer communic...

I know this sounds good and I'd love for it to be the solution, but looking at the position of the hose and crimp, the crimp faces down...so my logic tells me that the brunt of the force would have been on the ground. I will check this possibility out, but are there any further suggestions? It seems...

Thank you for the pointers. I was afraid of this possibility but still a little skeptical that the pattern of starting only on first crank was explained by what must be a very small break or gap in the wire insulation. I get it that the heat could cause the wires to expand and somehow widen such a g...

Hello all, I'm a new member and I've come here for help. A lifelong gearhead, I recently bought my daughter a 2002 C70 convertible with the 2.3T and Manual 5-speed. Only 74K miles, but obvious sun-damage, the can has run beautifully for almost a year. A few weeks ago, I went to start it and check ma...