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I'm also just running into this problem (long)
Posted by Mike in Anchorage (more from Mike in Anchorage) on Sat, 28 Jun 2008 23:56:14
In Reply to: Re: DI cassette, spare, Dan`, Sat, 28 Jun 2008 20:16:16
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My '99 9-3SE takes a red (T-5) cassette, and when it failed I installed a black one (much cheaper, even used.) I have been running the black one for over 2 years with no apparent problems.
While I was on vacation, my wife put in some cheap gas, and I have noticed pinging on hard acceleration. I installed a used Red DIC, and took off on an errand. On the way home, one of my favorite places to play is an acceleration up a hill. I thought the motor was going to drop out, it was misfiring so much. The CEL light was flashing uncontrollably. I again drove normally & it functioned well. Again, while accelerating hard, misfires & flashing CEL. I'm now trying to buy another used red DIC on eBay. If all works OK, I'll check plugs & install the Stage III ECU I just bought. In the interim, I'm using the black DIC & taking it easy. I also topped the tank with 90.5 Octane, the highest I can find in town.
In essence when using a black DIC, the engines made to work with Red DIC's appear to do well with good gas, but cannot handle the cheap shit. Some used red DIC's have problems that appear only with hard accel.
Perhaps others have stories to share. I hope this has helped somewhat.
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