Thread: Iveco Daily 4x4

Came across another Aussie made camper on an Iveco chassis.
https://www.facebook.com/Roswal.Trai...e=3&permPage=1

Originally Posted by Chucaro

That German IVECO 4x4 Doka Custom-Campers are very impressive




The other German company Tom’s Fahrzeugtechnik have a nice model as well.

Terrific looking vehicles, plenty of ground clearance. Not sure if that exposed drive shaft would be an issue, but I wouldn't mind one, Bob

More than 12 months and 45,000 km Im still happy.

Its not all been a bed of roses tho, The truck is not at all unlike a Defender in many ways.

1 Awesome off road
2 oil leaks
3 handbuilt and quirky
4 crappy dealer network & poor product knowledge
5 bloody economical
6 easy to work on

A major downside is that you can not buy a cheap diagnostic tool like a $500 Nanocom, The only tool that works is over $5000

And the one that Im most ****ed off about is the complete lack of engine braking, Its marginal downhill on its own but with a caravan or trailer its downright dangerous , Ivecos attitude is like an Ostrich , this is the only vehicle of its size that does not come standard with an exhaust brake, Iveco won't even option one. Iveco say it can't be done and will damage the EGR.

since we all know EGR is evil here is my solution


to get this to work I had to have the EGR and DPF tuned out in ECU, including an EGR blanking plate and DPF gutted, because obviously if you throttle the exhaust the increased pressure will find a path into the inlet manifold and make a free running circuit, (and as Iveco said will damage the EGR and TVA valves) not to mention the DPF pressure differential sensor.

Now with my mods the truck actually has some natural engine retardation, and when exhaust brake is applied the truck will go down a hill in the same gear as used to go up the hill. Before I was 1 or 2 gears lower and riding the brakes to stop over-revving. Tested it over the Snowy Mountains highway and down into Batemans Bay .

Before this it was good for outback / flat land stuff only.

Was that you travelling down the Bruce yesterday near Caboolture?

How did you get the ECU fixed to suit the change?

Originally Posted by Ranga

Was that you travelling down the Bruce yesterday near Caboolture?

no, Im in Sydney at the moment (unfortunately) but there are quite a few getting about now,

Originally Posted by goingbush

no, Im in Sydney at the moment (unfortunately) but there are quite a few getting about now,

Coincidentally, it was also towing a Bushtracker caravan!

Originally Posted by 4runnernomore

How did you get the ECU fixed to suit the change?

Qauntum tuning have a DPF / EGR solution ,(not at all approved by Iveco) for off road use only of course they read direct from the CPU chip, send the file to UK HQ where it gets modded , then uploaded back into the chip. Makes a noticeble difference to grunt / drivability too .