Thread: EGR blanking

I had mine done the other week, and confirm it's an ecu out bench job.

Still, no more invasive than changing the compressor or lower control arms etc, which get done without blinking an eye.

Not very diy-friendly though :-/

Originally Posted by veebs

I had mine done the other week, and confirm it's an ecu out bench job.

Still, no more invasive than changing the compressor or lower control arms etc, which get done without blinking an eye.

Not very diy-friendly though :-/

It’s the cost that sh1ts me. The last quote I had of $650 is too much to justify for just that.

Originally Posted by veebs

I had mine done the other week, and confirm it's an ecu out bench job.

Still, no more invasive than changing the compressor or lower control arms etc, which get done without blinking an eye.

Not very diy-friendly though :-/

Too tricky to attempt yourself?

Scott

Originally Posted by LRD414

Too tricky to attempt yourself?

Scott

Doesn’t matter if you can DIY remove it. As we don’t have the kit to reprogram the ECU......

The kit reminded me of old hex editors I once used. When I did it, getting something wrong meant your computer program would crash. The penalty for failure in a Disco is substantially higher...

Originally Posted by veebs

The kit reminded me of old hex editors I once used. When I did it, getting something wrong meant your computer program would crash. The penalty for failure in a Disco is substantially higher...

Back in the 90’s I remember desoldering the EPROM from my vehicles ECU and running it through a hex editor. Had some tools to visualise the hex to view the various maps. Was a lot of fun. My friend moved commercially to modifying Holden ECUs to adapt them for different fuels etc. This was in the days when no one dabbled in such things.

Disco, yeah, I’ll stick to the OBD port these days.

I wonder if my xbox eeprom reader will work , its on my list but being an 07 build i should get away with just the blanking kit.
On blanking kits, they seem to vary quite a bit for $34 - $135 but essentially just some plates with o-rings ?

Originally Posted by DiscoJeffster

Doesn’t matter if you can DIY remove it. As we don’t have the kit to reprogram the ECU......

As I understand it with BAS for my year (MY14), bench cables are needed for the customer to open and unlock the ECU on the bench, which then allows tuning via OBD. However the bench cables are not ready. Unfortunately I think this is a low priority for BAS, given that I have been in touch with them almost the whole year without progress. This is why I am interested in the ECU removal process and any difficulties associated.

Scott