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.
"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…
The flash bar stopped at 60 percent, the tool reported an error, and now the ECU is silent: no communication, no start, sometimes not even a…
Customers often ask for "the file for my ECU" and are surprised that we have three or four different kinds for the same part number. Each…
Bosch EDC17 (diesel) and MED17 (petrol) control units are in tens of millions of cars built between 2007 and 2020, from Volkswagen and BMW to Hyundai,…
"Immo off" is one of the most requested ECU services in every workshop that deals with engine control units, and one of the most misunderstood. This…
