Datatek that would be very useful. Where do I need get one of those?! Is it a service you offer?
P38 diesel has poltergeists?
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Datatek that would be very useful. Where do I need get one of those?! Is it a service you offer?
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Try a Bosch dealer. It has to be new and you have to specify "Non Secure Mode" at the time of purchase.
I seem to remember that it is possible to do a mode to remove the security, you could try Googling that.
It's straight swap only for older type of M51 with smaller hole(different block) for injection pump.
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Jesus that sounds like a bag of spanners. Over fuelling somewhat also.
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Then buy yourself a Nanocom and sort out your problems. Once an engine ECU is set to robust (needing EMS code) it cannot be reversed as far as i am aware other than by getting a new ECU that is left none robust (not needing EMS code). And they are not cheap. All UK vehicle second hand ones will be set robust. Some markets don't use it. A new none robust ECU will set you back in excess of £1400.00.
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I've got a p38 4.6 with GEMS - and each time I attempt to discuss *making* the !*******! thing go on any forum I get a "oooh, you don't wanna do that" response.
Yes - I think there are many of us that *do* want to re-engineer the beast so every element of it does what it's damn well told - reliability in a difficult situation is everything.
Security is pointless if it won't go!
Good luck with your quest.
Yes - I think there are many of us that *do* want to re-engineer the beast so every element of it does what it's damn well told - reliability in a difficult situation is everything.
Security is pointless if it won't go!
Good luck with your quest.
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Can you give me more info/source for this please Wammers - first I have heard of it!
Off to google....
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I am talking the diesel engine here my comments apply to that variant only.
Well, stuck a battery on the 'other' p38 this morning and despite being left with a flat battery she turns over, so that ecu definitely isn't asking for codes.
So it IS possible and personally I find it hard to believe any p38 owner is shelling out £1,400 for an ecu.
My last p38 was a '96 4.0 and it certainly needed the code.
So it IS possible and personally I find it hard to believe any p38 owner is shelling out £1,400 for an ecu.
My last p38 was a '96 4.0 and it certainly needed the code.
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No one here would bother to replace the EDC IMO, with a Nanocom you can enter the code and the EKA code if required.
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Depends what your other P38 is, Diesel will turn over but not start without synced code one of the petrols is same other petrol won't turn over without code. Diesel and petrol ECUs are different animals. If you want a diesel ECU that is set (None robust) that is what you have to pay. As said earlier, once the diesel ECU has been set robust is CANNOT be changed. Unless someone has developed diag that will do it, but i doubt that, no commercially available unit i know of can do it.
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There was a post a long time ago that intimated that a wire mod on the ECU would disable the need for the sync code. I did not keep a note as I could not see I would ever need it.
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You certainly can on the GEMS ECU but not as far as i know not on the diesel. We both have the tools to sync so not needed. If you could, then it would be good for some i suppose, but if it's that easy why have BBS made so much money out of syncmates?
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It was the diesel EDC I read about, I rarely bother with the petrols.You certainly can on the GEMS ECU but not as far as i know not on the diesel. We both have the tools to sync so not needed. If you could, then it would be good for some i suppose, but if it's that easy why have BBS made so much money out of syncmates?
The mod consisted of cutting a track and inserting a link but I do not remember what exactly. If circuits were available I guess it would not be too hard to figure but got better things to do.
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Someone has, as I said. Might have been on a Bimmer site.If it's that easy can't think why someone has not done it.
