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Omega General Help / Re: Oil advice and recommendations here

« on: 15 May 2008, 19:43:58 »

Hiya,

what's the general opinion of friction reducing treatments such as ZX1?  

Also, what would be the best engine oil to put in my standard (possibly soon to be chipped) 1998 2.5TD (beemer engine)?  I don't do anything out of the ordinary in it but I do get a bit heavy-footed from time to time.  It's a bit of a shed but I really like it and would like to treat it with a bit of respect.  It's currently got whatever engine oil my mechanic put in it last time he looked it over so I can't say for sure what it is but as he's always asking me if I wanna sell it to him I think he'll have put something half-decent in it!!!!

Thanks

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Omega General Help / Re: 2.5TD ECU Photos, help reqd. if possible!

« on: 26 July 2008, 09:48:58 »

I'm back, did anyone miss me......?   :-?

Just had a few days down inthe Isle of Wight, and bery nice it was too.  Not been before but I'll definately be going back, hopefully in the not too distant future  8-)

Anyway, enough of the holiday reviews, still basking in the glory of the increased power since the chip went in but where is this fuel economy everyone was talking about?  Drove from here down to my Brother's in Hertfordshire, A1(M), M18, straight down the M1, turn left on the M25.  164 miles and 159 of them on motorway at a steady 80ish and get 37mpg.  Not a lot different from what I was getting before  :-?

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Omega General Help / Re: 2.5TD ECU Photos, help reqd. if possible!

« on: 18 July 2008, 22:59:02 »

Certainly does.  

I had my garage put a fuel filter in today, only took 10 minutes and then took 2 mechanics 45 minutes to get the car going again.  Fixed it by opening the bleed screw on the filter housing, sticking the airline in the fuel filler pipe, packing it with rags and forcing fuel through to the front end.  Glad I didn't try to do it at home..........  

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Omega General Help / Re: 2.5TD ECU Photos, help reqd. if possible!

« on: 18 July 2008, 09:51:03 »

WRT smoke???  :-?  

I usually fill up at Sainsbury's but I'm going to stick some of the Shell V-Power or BP Ultimate in it when I fill up tomorrow and see if that does anything to help the situation,  I'll also pick up a fuel filter and a can of system cleaner.

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Omega General Help / Re: 2.5TD ECU Photos, help reqd. if possible!

« on: 18 July 2008, 09:08:21 »

Just a couple of things I have noticed while pottering around yesterday:
1.  It's very smokey out of the exhaust when you stick your foot on it
and
2.  When driving carefully (remember how this is done....?) there is a point in the power delivery between maintaining speed and just backing off a small amount so the car slows a little (hard to describe) when as the power backs off it's quite juddery until the car slows to match the power being input and speed is maintained again.

Neither of these affect the performance and I was glad I went on a rally driving course a few years ago because the roads were wet yesterday and I lost count of the number of times the back end stepped out  

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Omega General Help / Re: 2.5TD ECU Photos, help reqd. if possible!

« on: 16 July 2008, 15:17:24 »

I GOT ONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Firstly I have to give HUGE thanks to Platty for putting me in touch with his chip provider and to Marks DTM Calib for fitting my ECU out with the required sockets and turning the job around so quickly.  I can't thank you guys enough.

Socketed ECU arrived at 12.45 today and by 1pm it was back in the car with the new chip fitted.  I can't believe the difference it has made and after wandering around the local roads for a while to make sure all is OK, I've kicked it along the M18 laughing my head off all the way.

I have to get this 'boy racer' complex out of my system before the weekend cos I'm off to Southampton via London so I want to see what the mpg works out at and if I can't keep my foot off the floor it won't be very much!!!!

   

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Omega General Help / Re: 2.5TD ECU Photos, help reqd. if possible!

« on: 20 May 2008, 08:37:58 »

No, its one of the EPROM devices just behind, 28
pin DIL's (Dual In Line) with the stickers on.

Sadly, they need un-soldering and a socket fitting

Bugger.  It's about right that if there's two ways of doing something, mine will be the more complicated!!!!!    Soldering ECU boards isn't something that I'll be attempting, any volunteers/recommendations?   :-?  

I suppose it would make sense to have the new chip available so it can all be put back together at the same time, any chance of someone putting me in touch with Platty's chip provider?  (any idea if the provider will be able to do the socket soldering?)  :-/

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Omega General Help / Re: 2.5TD ECU Photos, help reqd. if possible!

« on: 20 May 2008, 00:17:26 »

Where do I find the ECU's to find out which one I've got?

Open up the bonnet, and on the right hand side (as you look into the engine bay), behind the battery is a triangular shaped plastic fuse box. Open this up and the ECU is on its side in there (silver), pull it upwards and it slides out so that you can see the serial number (X XXX XXX XXX)

If you want to check if it is socketed or not, then you will have to unplug it, bend back the metal tabs and open it up full (T8 & T20 Torx reqd.)

Hope that helps  

Meanwhile, back at the plot . . . . . . . . . . . .  

I have got the ECU out of the car and the first thing I noticed was the number ending in 427 on the back, being the optimist I am I presume this is the number peeps have been talking about....?



I have then bent the metal tabs back (and sliced my hand open in the process) and having removed all the Torx heads I have removed the boards and carefully opened them up as described.  The first thing I notice is that the 2 centre chips in the run of 4 across the top of the board are different from the pic Platty posted earlier but from reading posts an I right in thinking that it's the chip on the left of the 2 below these that I am interested in . . . . . . ?



Also, previous posts mention a 10 digit code on this chip.  If this chip is the right one, the code printed on it takes the format XX XXX XX XXXX XXXXX.X    If this is the wrong chip then it won't matter, but if it is this one, how come I've got a much longer code?  

It's all good fun aint it    

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Omega General Help / Re: 2.5TD ECU Photos, help reqd. if possible!

« on: 18 May 2008, 21:38:30 »

I've got to get me one of those new fangled chips.  I'm still on crutches but getting about a bit better so hoping to get out and have a look at the ECU tomorrow.  

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Omega General Help / Re: 2.5TD ECU Photos, help reqd. if possible!

« on: 18 May 2008, 21:28:48 »

 

had you filled the boot as well as the tank with diesel!!!!!!  

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Omega General Help / Re: 2.5TD ECU Photos, help reqd. if possible!

« on: 15 May 2008, 22:02:30 »

Where do I find the ECU's to find out which one I've got?

Open up the bonnet, and on the right hand side (as you look into the engine bay), behind the battery is a triangular shaped plastic fuse box. Open this up and the ECU is on its side in there (silver), pull it upwards and it slides out so that you can see the serial number (X XXX XXX XXX)

If you want to check if it is socketed or not, then you will have to unplug it, bend back the metal tabs and open it up full (T8 & T20 Torx reqd.)

Hope that helps  

Sweet, I had knee surgery yesterday so it's gonna be a few days at least before I'm out and under the bonnet again but I'll have a look as soon as I can and see where it goes from there.  If you don't mind me asking, what ballpark figure are we talking about for getting the car chipped?

Thanks

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Omega General Help / Re: 2.5TD ECU Photos, help reqd. if possible!

« on: 15 May 2008, 16:24:04 »

I WANT ONE!!!!!!!!!!!!   (don't tell the missus tho)  

border line if you have a 427 or 428 ecu (last 3 digits of Bosch part number). 428 needs a bit of soldering.

Also, if you have an auto, forget it....

Nope, mine is Manual.  Where do I find the ECU's to find out which one I've got?

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Omega General Help / Re: 2.5TD ECU Photos, help reqd. if possible!

« on: 14 May 2008, 07:29:07 »

I WANT ONE!!!!!!!!!!!!   (don't tell the missus tho)  

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Omega General Help / Re: 2.5TD ECU Photos, help reqd. if possible!

« on: 12 May 2008, 14:14:37 »

Hiya Platty, you got the chip installed yet?  Would be interested to find out how it's running.  Mine is manual too and it's something I'll be looking to do if the results are worthwhile.

Are there any jobs I should be looking at getting done in preparation?

Thanks

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Omega General Help / Re: Complete noobie missing. . . . . . something?

« on: 11 May 2008, 11:19:32 »

This is where the blue/black pipe goes to from the EGR, not sure what the black module is that it goes into the bottom of.

Hope this helps.