Amr 6228 brain edc

From what I understand , and what has stopped me swapping the ecu on a troublesome EDC D1 , the unit needs to be synched to the security ecu and some other stuff . It has been explained on here when I asked a couple of years back .

Your "new" EDC ECU will need a security relearn on Testbook before it will run in your car.What is the issue with your car - EDC is VERY reliable and therefore mostly misunderstood when problems arise.

My problems have always been sensor and wiring based , on the whole . The sensor info is available so you can test it , from the connectors if you cannot reach and then the wiring can be belled and measured at the plug to the ecu . Its a fiddly bugger to do , hence I have never got around to it , there has always been something more pressing . EDC is great when it works but often doesnt and I think 8V has hit it right on.....misunderstood . But then again - arent we all ?

Its a good system,think how many Audi/VW vehicles there are using this system that have covered huge mileage with little problem.
Compare that to Bosch common rail,how often do you see TD4/6 LR's with starting/running issues ? Not even thinking about any other European vehicle makers that are still usingBosch common rail.
The only problem I have with the EDC on 300 auto Disco's is the price for a new throttle pot - but then plenty of people just give up and fit a mechanically governed VE pump,so there must be a few on shelves sitting around.
I'll keep on driving mine,currently on 186,000m with no worries.And if I can persuade a customer of mine to sell me his 2000my FL 1 with the 2.0L series EDC equipped diesel - I'll buy that too.

I agree , 8V ....I should amend my statement to "often doesnt (work) on disco 300s due to poor cable routing"

I was next door neighbour to the local Bosch fuel injection specialist for years when I lived at he family farm . My father had endless trouble with "kart" and the neighbour was always saying to rip all the EDC out and replace it with manual op stuff . I thought it a better idea to find what was up with the EDC and fix it as I have had several trucks with it and they have all been great . Just this one , my fathers old one that has been a real bugger . I think it was down to neglect and then total misunderstanding , my father was a diesel man of the old school and really knew his stuff in his day but was not open to new (to him !) concepts . I inherited the vehicle and have never got around , as I said , to fixing the EDC , I am sure its simply the loom has been damaged by people working on the vehicle who didnt understand what it was . Suitably rewired Im sure it will be fine . I am currently running an EDC D1 with no probs , on that front anyway . I just think that the install was badly thought out on LRs front .

I think its fine,the only cabling faults I've seen have been on Freelanders with the 2.0ltr L series engine - the loom fails where it comes up the front of the block to the injector pump.(Not had any o D1's)
EDC on Disco 1's over the years has been good.The only faults I've seen is where the CEL comes on because some tw-t has done a poor job on changing the cam belt,or that the whole car has been through a rather large puddle and drowned.
Only one case of a knackered injector pump though,except on the 6cyl BMW in P38's - they wear badly but often a hot start fix kit off the "Bay" sorts them.
The common rail Bosch stuff on TD4/6 is a much better money maker for me...

The classic one is melted wiring to coolant sensor on top of head , followed by wires trapped under cylinder head , both from cabling not being correctly refitted after headgasket job . Seen repeatedly .

thanks for info
did not realise they were that advanced for that time in relation to the rest of the vehicle !
nothing wrong with my edc on vehicle (at moment) just that one come up at sensible money at thought it would be good as a come in handy bit as most of the electrics are so unreliable !
i shall just keep it and that will be a way of making sure i dont need it !!
once again thanks for info