I have a 1998 VW OEM 022D ECU.  I am running the Aussie performance chip in
it fine.  I have now tried 5 different chips 3 from one brand and 2 from
another brand.  In all cases the chip fails and the car can not be started
(it just cranks and cranks no firing, I put the other chip in and it fires
immediately).  I know to align the chip correctly, the Aussie and stock
chips work fine.  Is it the chip defective or some new scanning done by UPS
and the USPS that is erasing the chip?  Or is the chip incompatible with the
newer motherboards put in the VW ECU?  After five defective I am leaning
towards the latter.

Does anyone in the Phoenix metro area have a spare VW OEM 022D ECU 94 and
earlier that I can borrow for a few hours so I can see if it is the chip or
the board?

Thanks,

Robert