B4Andra
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Has anyone done this? This is only a discussion to see what’s possible and what’s been tried, I’m keeping my options open.
Essentially has anyone got a modification for the ECU that prevents the car from using Stratified mode?
The reason for asking is simple, with the upcoming changes to the MOT test, it’s likely that a lot of FSI cars will become failures and be beyond econmical repair.
The one I’m currently working on has some intermittent issues which if I wanted to fix properly, the bill would be more than the cars worth. However the car will run fine in homogenous mode all day long without a grumble or peep. Albeit with a lower fuel economy.
So the flaps would be ignored and left in their “default” open position. The car would use the throttle normally. The NOX system wouldn’t be needed.
There’s cons to doing this, I know, but there’s cons to having the flaps fixed, mostly in cost which will take years to recover the cost of. By the time the costs are recovered there’s a good chance they will need done again!
Essentially has anyone got a modification for the ECU that prevents the car from using Stratified mode?
The reason for asking is simple, with the upcoming changes to the MOT test, it’s likely that a lot of FSI cars will become failures and be beyond econmical repair.
The one I’m currently working on has some intermittent issues which if I wanted to fix properly, the bill would be more than the cars worth. However the car will run fine in homogenous mode all day long without a grumble or peep. Albeit with a lower fuel economy.
So the flaps would be ignored and left in their “default” open position. The car would use the throttle normally. The NOX system wouldn’t be needed.
There’s cons to doing this, I know, but there’s cons to having the flaps fixed, mostly in cost which will take years to recover the cost of. By the time the costs are recovered there’s a good chance they will need done again!