Learn all you need to know about Engine Control Modules (ECM), or Engine Control Units (ECU), in this article concering electronically controlled midget engines. Enginology is step one in the ...

The Engine Control Module (ECM) is the computer responsible for controlling the engine. The ECM communicates with other vehicle control units via a communication bus.

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The Engine Control Module, or ECM, directly controls the engine. Still, it can’t do that properly without the Transmission Control Module or TCM and PCM, which work together and exchange information.

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Mitsubishi Motors is a pioneer of many things in the automotive industry, including the company's line of DI-D engines. How do they actually work?

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