However, after eliminating everything under the bonnet i thought i'd at least try the diag socket, and both the 164 diag program and multiecuscan identified ecu power drivers or actuator drivers depending on the program.
The ecu was sat right in front of me anyway as its in the passenger side of the centre console along with the diag socket, and all appeared normal, until i opened up the socket connector to find around 30 connection pins swimming!
So, all dried cleaned and repaired, the cars is back to its former awesomeness, but, i'm now looking to cure once and for all the problem, which as the thread title suggests, i'm told this was not unheard of back when 164's were current.
A £2.50 car wash would often result in a £700 ecu bill. Somewhere there is a weakness in the firewall sealing, or a grommet or similar, water runs down the loom straight into the upward mounting connector, Smart!
So be warned folk, this could be anyone of you guys next rain storm or car wash!
Time to start sealing, siliconning, foaming etc etc....
