william mcallan
6th July 2013, 08:57 AM
Hi all,
I recently posted reports on towing with a Puma 2.4 and possible intention of re-mapping the ECU. I have been very interested in members reports for some time on who, what and why they have looked/carried out this option with either BAS or Alive.
I had a bad intermittent “flat spot” at around 1800-1900 RPM and this of course was causing “snatching” along with backlash through transmission.The vehicle has just completed a 14,000k trip towing a 2.7t Jayco van and just on a tonne payload.
About a week after the trip the engine light showed intermittently and then eventually stayed on. Thinking this was a possible EGR related problem I contacted BAS and decided to purchase one of his re-maps as most of the members posts indicated the BAS was most successful.
The whole process took five working days, most of this was waiting for the interface device to arrive. Once this arrived I read the current ECU and emailed this to BAS, with in three hours the “update” arriving back and it was uploaded to the vehicle that evening.
I road tested the vehicle and the difference was amazing, the vehicle drives like a “car" in city conditions.
Also the driveline is very smooth to operate, with absolutely no clunking of any kind now, as for the power difference it too has made the entire vehicle a new experience to drive as the acceleration is almost instant and smooth. I did request that the EGR be disabled, although the cost was high at just over $1000’s I feel in my opinion going forward it will benefit both ongoing EGR possible costs and the driving experience has been improved.
According to Aulro and Defender2 forums there are many areas that Defender Puma owners complain about and I wonder why Landrover has not been able to achieve some of these fixes/results at point of delivery.
Would I recommend the BAS re-map, with-out doubt!:)
I recently posted reports on towing with a Puma 2.4 and possible intention of re-mapping the ECU. I have been very interested in members reports for some time on who, what and why they have looked/carried out this option with either BAS or Alive.
I had a bad intermittent “flat spot” at around 1800-1900 RPM and this of course was causing “snatching” along with backlash through transmission.The vehicle has just completed a 14,000k trip towing a 2.7t Jayco van and just on a tonne payload.
About a week after the trip the engine light showed intermittently and then eventually stayed on. Thinking this was a possible EGR related problem I contacted BAS and decided to purchase one of his re-maps as most of the members posts indicated the BAS was most successful.
The whole process took five working days, most of this was waiting for the interface device to arrive. Once this arrived I read the current ECU and emailed this to BAS, with in three hours the “update” arriving back and it was uploaded to the vehicle that evening.
I road tested the vehicle and the difference was amazing, the vehicle drives like a “car" in city conditions.
Also the driveline is very smooth to operate, with absolutely no clunking of any kind now, as for the power difference it too has made the entire vehicle a new experience to drive as the acceleration is almost instant and smooth. I did request that the EGR be disabled, although the cost was high at just over $1000’s I feel in my opinion going forward it will benefit both ongoing EGR possible costs and the driving experience has been improved.
According to Aulro and Defender2 forums there are many areas that Defender Puma owners complain about and I wonder why Landrover has not been able to achieve some of these fixes/results at point of delivery.
Would I recommend the BAS re-map, with-out doubt!:)