Resetting Ecu So Car Recognises Mods

[Toxic Beast]

Hey Guys,

My car has been going into Limp mode unexpectedly ever since I've fitted a bigger intake without a tune.

but I changed it back to stock asap..

a mate of mine told me that with honda's all you need to do is d/c the battery so the ecu resets. for about 15 mins

and it would fix the problem, so the car recognises the new mods..

would this work ?

thanks

[Muzza]

Ring around & see if any of the local workshops have a Carman or snapon scanner to clear faults....No easy way sorry.

Muz.

[trevs]

by intake you mean a cai right id think its unlikly to have been cause from that are you sure you didnt bump something else when working on your car ?

[Toxic Beast]

I actually have a huge intercooler on without a tune

so im just wondering if this trick would work.. out of curiousity

as I wouldnt wana risk driving round and run into limp mode while in traffic

[EdB]

I actually have a huge intercooler on without a tune

Hey mate,

I have no idea how disconnecting the battery will help the car "recognise" physical additions to the intake pathway.

Get a custom tune cause your probably overboosting.

Ed

[YPURV4]

dont you have a manual ??

[XRDOSE]

there are cars that are able to recognise mods and adjust the ecu to suit, I was talking to a guy fri nite who has an AMG s/c V8 with work done to it and he told me the merc ecu knows when modifications have been made to the car and alters the tune itself to suit the mods. pretty cool IMO but I dont think fords do that.

[Buf-Phoon]

unfortunately our taxis are not AMGs

[Toxic Beast]

hah.. damn

yes mike, it is manual.. why?

[used_2_like_rice]

Hey Guys,

My car has been going into Limp mode unexpectedly ever since I've fitted a bigger intake without a tune.

but I changed it back to stock asap..

a mate of mine told me that with honda's all you need to do is d/c the battery so the ecu resets. for about 15 mins

and it would fix the problem, so the car recognises the new mods..

would this work ?

thanks

Hondas, Nissans, Toyotas, they all do it, what you are meant to do is disconnect both sides of the battery, put something on the brake pedal so it discharges all your circuitry, plug her back in half an hour - a hour later and away she goes, I used to do it to my 200sx with every mod I did, only changed the ECU when it hit 450kw.