Thread: Immoblizer, BCU, EKA's and loss of will to live

Originally Posted by peter51

Amazing job Brad.

As an aside you must have the most number of operational Landrovers on this forum?

Well the series 2a runs but does not drive
the 89 Rangie is a goer
The 2 Discoveries are both drivable
The new to me TDV8 L322 also drivable.
I think there would be others with more than me, but my wife won’t let me have any more…
oops I forgot I also have a 90 Rangie at my Mums house..that doesn’t go..one day it will
Time is the problem..but as of a month ago I sorta am semi retired…
And another ..I also have a Rover 820si out the back that did drive in til the auto trans stopped…it’s only done 106k…but I need to get rid of that🙂😁

Hi John keys have been posted back🙂

Originally Posted by JohnTD5

Hello Beloved AULRO People,

It's been a long time since posting and I would love to say it's been happy sailing but I would be a liar...

My latest and most mystifying issue is as follows: (apologies in advance if this goes on and on)

I have a D2 TD5, had one key that got wet. Tired contact cleaner, drying out, new batteries, no luck.
I have an EKA code written in the manual by the previous owner (I'm assuming), but that does not work. Tried every trick I can think of, looked for hours at forums to see if I'm missing something but no joy.
Called Land Rover, got a different EKA for the VIN, again tried everything I can find or think of but still no joy.
Tried every scan tool in town, no joy.
Ordered a Nanocom, recently realised it wont work without the car immobilized. Sh**

The closest I have gotten is the red flashing light on the dash seems to stop on occasion at random when trying EKAs, then I open the door and alarm goes again.

I live 800kms from Geraldton and that is the closest dealer that may be able to fix it. To get the car there is $900 on a truck one way, ++ whatever it costs to fix and ++ return trip.

I have sunk more money into this car than I paid for it and to be honest when it's running I love it. I just want it to start.

My next thoughts are, the bloke who had it previous may of programmed a different EKA that isn't written down anywhere leaving me stranded. He's fiddled with just about everything I pull apart so who knows.

Can things like the wheel horn not working somehow effect the EKA? I've checked fuses, they all seem ok but the horn hasn't worked since owning it?
The fuel cap doesn't seem to shut properly, tired jamming it shut while I do EKA but could that somehow effect it?

The car was running ok until that fateful trip on the jet ski.

Would ordering a secondhand BCU be a worthwhile idea? Would that be programmable despite the other things like horn etc not working?
Do I sell my last remaining organs to get it to Geraldton to have it possibly fixed by them?

I will send a carton of beer to whoever can get this thing going, and owe a life of gratitude on top.

Thank you,
John

What was the outcome? Quite a few of us would like to know whether you sorted this out.

Cheers,

Lionel

Hello all, I've been meaning to get to this for quite some time so apologies for the delay.

The outcome:

So, just before Bradtot had reached out with the offer to fix my existing key fobs I had ordered a secondhand BCU from Ebay that came with a programmed fob and the EKA code from the UK.

Then I sent Brad the existing fob which he managed to get to work with original BCU!

Whilst he was working on that, the secondhand BCU arrived which I swapped out with mine. Big thank you to Peter51 who I spoke to on the phone quite a few times during the process. With the battery disconnected I popped the new BCU in and got it hooked up.
I then hooked up the Nanocom I ordered and got it talking. After playing with a few settings I gave the key a go and it tried turning over!! Big step forward!!
My wife's flight was cancelled so I had to give up for the night and collect her and the little one from the airport.
The next day I was back at it. After a bit of messing around I found the right settings in the Nanocom (from memory it was 'write ECU to BCU' or something similar) and she was off! If you go back and look at Peter's reply on this thread you will also see some settings that needed to be written in via the Nanocom.

Somewhere in all this, Brad rang and said he got my original fob to work. So I now have a spare BCU...

If anyone ever has this issue and you can't repair the key or get it to LR, I can confirm that with a Nanocom, a secondhand BCU and a fob already programmed to it you can indeed recover the vehicle!

But first, talk to Brad. He's the man, and if I had of found him sooner I would of saved myself about $1000.

Big thank you to everyone for your help, especially Brad & Peter. You're legends.

Originally Posted by JohnTD5

But first, talk to Brad. He's the man, and if I had of found him sooner I would of saved myself about $1000.

Good news. And you haven't wasted too much, because now you have a nanocom, which will pay for itself often.