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Hey ppl, i own a 2002 sri turbo, a friend of mine said he could flash tune my car using an ecu flashing tool. first he read the software that was on my ecu and stored it on his laptop. the car still started and worked as it should. then he started uploading the modified file onto the car but for some reason the cars batterey went weak hallway into the file being flashed onto the ecu.
Now the car will not start and there is no engine mangagment light when the ignition is on. he tried uploading the standard file back onto the ecu but it wouldnt work.
We plugged a snap on diagnostic machine into the obd port and it couldnt pick anything up what so ever.
Any suggestions and advice on how to cure this problem?
Thanks
z20leter
04-10-2008, 19:29
he will have killed your ecu what you shoudl have done is put a charger on the battery while doing the upload
the car still turns over, locks and unlocks ect, would this be affected by the ecu going up the shoot?
montyfox
04-10-2008, 19:36
^ read about tales like this before and sounds about right so a new ECU and a trip tp VX for programming may be in order. Hope your friend has a healthy bank balance :(
z20leter
04-10-2008, 19:38
the car still turns over, locks and unlocks ect, would this be affected by the ecu going up the shoot?
That won't matter, you might be able to get away and get the ecu reprogrammed by vauxhall which will cost about £65 if not it new ecu
Any idea why the engine managment lights hasnt showed up though? or is it possible that the ecu is completely gone.
montyfox
04-10-2008, 19:38
the car still turns over, locks and unlocks ect, would this be affected by the ecu going up the shoot?
Locking and unlocking etc controlled by a different 'ecu'. Pretty sure the car will turn over with duff ecu but due to ecu fault, no ignition/fuelling commands are being issued.
oh and i forgot to mention the cooling fan and aircon fan both spin when the engine hasnt even been running! even when i remove keys from ignition!
z20leter
04-10-2008, 19:42
Any idea why the engine managment lights hasnt showed up though? or is it possible that the ecu is completely gone.
Means it isn't picking up the ecu
looks like a trip to vauxhall on monday then!
dannysport18
06-10-2008, 00:26
I can get this done in Romford for you if needed