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Started by tomtbone, Feb 14 2008 10:08 PM

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#1 tomtbone

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Posted 14 February 2008 - 10:08 PM

So I bought this ECU off of ebay UK. It came off of an 850 T5 manual police car. According to the ad, there is a possibility that the chip was possibly chipped. I took some pictures here and I was wondering three things.

1. Can someone confirm that 851 ecu is truly a T5 manual ecu?

2. From the pictures, is there evidence of "chippage" wink.gif

3. Is there someone somewhat local to me (currently) that has a swapped 850 Turbo manual that I could put the ECU into to make sure it works? I just want to make sure its not a dud before I do all the work.





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Posted 15 February 2008 - 03:09 AM

I'll pop the top off of mine next week and compare.

Did you make sure that it came from a car with AC ? If not, say buh-bye to your AC controls.

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Posted 15 February 2008 - 03:32 AM

QUOTE (matt b @ Feb 14 2008, 10:09 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I'll pop the top off of mine next week and compare.

Did you make sure that it came from a car with AC ? If not, say buh-bye to your AC controls.

I did not check that.....hmm I will have to check... any way from looking at it?
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Posted 16 February 2008 - 05:54 PM

QUOTE (tomtbone @ Feb 14 2008, 11:32 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I did not check that.....hmm I will have to check... any way from looking at it?

Don't know, you should contact the seller.

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Posted 16 February 2008 - 06:40 PM

QUOTE (tomtbone @ Feb 15 2008, 12:08 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
So I bought this ECU off of ebay UK. It came off of an 850 T5 manual police car. According to the ad, there is a possibility that the chip was possibly chipped. I took some pictures here and I was wondering three things.

1. Can someone confirm that 851 ecu is truly a T5 manual ecu?

2. From the pictures, is there evidence of "chippage" wink.gif

3. Is there someone somewhat local to me (currently) that has a swapped 850 Turbo manual that I could put the ECU into to make sure it works? I just want to make sure its not a dud before I do all the work.




In my opinion and from things that I've seen until today this kind of ecus have and a chip changed when are upgraded.As I can see your chip must be the OEM.What I mean is that it should have a chip on a base if I say it correct in order to take it off simply.

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Posted 16 February 2008 - 07:01 PM

don't forget that flashing wouldn't have a visual sign.

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Posted 16 February 2008 - 07:17 PM

QUOTE (jaxx @ Feb 16 2008, 02:01 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
don't forget that flashing wouldn't have a visual sign.

Yeah, thats why when I looked at my Speedtuning chip you couldn't tell. I believe those are just flashed.
I contacted the seller and the car has already been smashed at the salvage yard.... lol , but she said she thought it had AC. I have the license plate number from the car in the UK, not sure if I can find out from that though.
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Posted 16 February 2008 - 10:48 PM

QUOTE (jaxx @ Feb 16 2008, 09:01 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
don't forget that flashing wouldn't have a visual sign.
I have seen 5 upgraded ECUs and they all had another chip,that's why I said from things that I've seen,I wasn't sure if this method(flashing)was used to these models. smile.gif smile.gif

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Posted 18 February 2008 - 01:11 AM

Is there anyone out in the New England area that has a manual 850 Turbo that I could plug this thing into?
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Posted 18 February 2008 - 08:48 AM

It's anyone's guess here.

Typically though, most people who have reflashes done have sockets put in during this time in order to allow for an easier time when a reflash is due later on. Yours doesn't have a socket on it.

The solder joints look almost exactly like factory, and not done by someone else.

My guess is not reflashed.

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Posted 18 February 2008 - 01:14 PM

QUOTE (yangotang @ Feb 18 2008, 03:48 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
It's anyone's guess here.

Typically though, most people who have reflashes done have sockets put in during this time in order to allow for an easier time when a reflash is due later on. Yours doesn't have a socket on it.

The solder joints look almost exactly like factory, and not done by someone else.

My guess is not reflashed.

Yeah, I figured that when I looked at how clean the solder joints looked.

Right now, my main priority is just to see if this works fine in an 850 Turbo manual with AC. I believe the people who sent it to me, but I just want to make sure before starting a big project like this........ anyone in New England????

or..
anyone running an 851 ecu?

Edited by tomtbone, 18 February 2008 - 01:15 PM.

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Posted 18 February 2008 - 09:42 PM

QUOTE (tomtbone @ Feb 14 2008, 10:32 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I did not check that.....hmm I will have to check... any way from looking at it?



Of Course the Police Car will have Air , Dddaaa, do Taxi Cabs have Air ?

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Posted 20 February 2008 - 12:54 AM

QUOTE (EngTech @ Feb 18 2008, 05:42 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Of Course the Police Car will have Air , Dddaaa, do Taxi Cabs have Air ?

Have you been in England ? Air isn't exactly needed there.

Hey, just run it in your car, you can run a manual ECU in an auto without negative side effects. That way, you can test the AC and see for yourself.

If the AC doesn't kick in immediately, stop the car and pull the ECU. It would take more than a few seconds to fry the controls. PM if you want more details about all this.

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Posted 20 February 2008 - 01:21 AM

based on my experience buying and selling these most ex-plod cars from the UK came with AC. Volvos usually are highway patrol or "nicer" patrol vehicles, and most had A/C.

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Posted 20 February 2008 - 01:48 AM

850 T5 ECU won't work in a x70, correct? Yours have ME4.3?
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Posted 20 February 2008 - 01:54 AM

QUOTE (lookforjoe @ Feb 19 2008, 09:48 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
850 T5 ECU won't work in a x70, correct? Yours have ME4.3?

It'll work in a 98, yes, Gary's tried it and it runs fine.

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Posted 20 February 2008 - 02:11 AM

QUOTE (matt b @ Feb 19 2008, 08:54 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
It'll work in a 98, yes, Gary's tried it and it runs fine.



Nice!

I'll do that before I get nuts with remapping my IPD ECU


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Posted 20 February 2008 - 02:19 AM

QUOTE (matt b @ Feb 19 2008, 08:54 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
It'll work in a 98, yes, Gary's tried it and it runs fine.



Checked the pinned threads - any reason to switch to the T5 orange injectors over the red ones in my v70? - can't find the flow rate for them in the pins...
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Posted 20 February 2008 - 03:21 AM

I had the same ECU from UK but it's not working in mine but the auto running fine.
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Posted 20 February 2008 - 03:22 AM

QUOTE (stevwong @ Feb 19 2008, 11:21 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I had the same ECU from UK but it's not working in mine but the auto running fine.

Post the ECU numbers and I may be interested in buying it from you.

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