Practical guides on reading, recovering, cloning and modifying engine, gearbox and body control units: which file to use, how to read the label, how to write safely.
Two Bosch diesel ECUs from the mid-2000s generate a steady stream of immobilizer requests: the EDC16C7 (Peugeot 307/407 2.0 HDi, Citroen C4/C5, Ford 2.0 TDCi shared…
The Bosch MEVD17.4.2 is the DME (engine ECU) of the BMW 1 Series F20 116i/118i (N13), the F30 320i/328i (N20) and the N55 six-cylinder in many…
"Volta" is the Fiat workshop name for the Magneti Marelli IAW 4AF and IAW 59F engine controllers fitted to the 1.2 8v FIRE engine in the…
The Delco (GM) MT80.1 ECU controls the 1.2, 1.4 and 1.6 petrol engines in the Chevrolet Aveo, Lacetti, Cruze, Spark (M300) and the Opel/Vauxhall versions of…
"Tuning protection active" is the message that turns a ten-minute OBD job into an afternoon on the bench. Bosch introduced TPROT on EDC17 and MED17 units…
The Bosch Motronic M1.7.2 (also labelled M1.7 and M1.7.1) controls the 1.6 8v/16v petrol engines in the Opel Corsa B, Astra F, Vectra A and Calibra…
The Magneti Marelli IAW 5NR2 family (5NR2.C2, 5NR2.C5, 5NR2.C6 and the 5NR3) runs the 1.2 16v D4F engine in the Renault Clio II phase 2, Kangoo,…
The Continental SID305 controls the 1.5 dCi K9K engine in the Renault Clio III/IV, Megane III, Kangoo, Dacia Logan, Sandero and Duster, and in Nissan Qashqai,…
The Siemens/Continental Simtec 76.1 sits in most petrol Opel and Vauxhall models built between 2004 and 2010: Astra H 1.6 and 1.8, Zafira B 1.6/1.8, Vectra…
Nine out of ten "the file does not work" cases come down to one thing: the file was made for a different software version. Every listing…
