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JMC
Joined: 25 Feb 2006
Location: Aberdeen-Angus. Where the Bull* comes from!
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I've been asked the following by a D2 TD5 owner, and my gut reaction is to tell him that he is talking pants and to leave well alone. He also tells me that the D3 is a facelifted TD5 so I'm dying to get one over on him here. 
His question is:
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I've just got a dedicated OBD11 Code reader for my Disco TD5 that interfaces with a laptop. With it I can read and clear fault codes, monitor hundreds of parameters and code fuel injectors to the ECU (etc etc)
I've discovered that I can re-program the flash EEPROM ECU. I've already found about 20 different ECU programs/fuel maps that I could load up, but I can't make head nor tail of the language used and I'd like to understand how to make custom alterations.
Can anyone point me in the direction required to make sense of this sort of stuff?
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Whilst I'd love to wade-in and tell him that it's cock-and-bull and the TD5 can't be given 20 different maps etc, I don't want to be wrong (for a change). TFC answer perhaps??? Warm porridge on offer.....  The older I get, the more I realise that people confuse wrinkles for wisdom 
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 Fri Oct 03 2008 9:17am |
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SPOTTER
Joined: 06 Dec 2006
Location: Adrift........
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what are you on John?
 really ought to change this.........
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| Fri Oct 03 2008 9:36am |
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DiscoDunc
Joined: 08 May 2006
Location: Bristol
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Quote:the D3 is a facelifted TD5
what he really means is the TD5 is a facelifted 1980's Defender  Duncan
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| Fri Oct 03 2008 9:40am |
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ringoosmeg
Joined: 16 Aug 2008
Location: Shropshire
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He sounds like hes got a Nanocom, I had one when I had my D2 TD5 and defender TD5, it plugs into the OBD11 port and can indeed read faults etc, and can clear them.
Also can check and set alarms and other useful things, I got fed up at paying LR for resets on various spurious fault clearing so £229 was well spent.
Yes you can remap to a degree, but unless you know what your doing even via a computer/laptop, then I would leave this alone, you could seriously screw your system up.
But there again, let him do it and laugh aloud when hes  it up!
D3 is a facelifted D2....really!
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| Fri Oct 03 2008 9:43am |
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10forcash
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sort of right... it can be flashed but only 1 map at a time!
Also the 'flash counter' will only allow up to 8 (I think) reflashes before the ECM is locked - unless you know how to reset the counter
Software wise WinOLS will read the maps and allow alterations BUT you can also screw up the engine as none of the parameters are tagged TorqTune for Freelander 2 Diesel, Discovery 3 / RR Sport TDV6 & RR Sport TDV8, Defender (TD5 & Puma) - available Now!
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| Fri Oct 03 2008 9:43am |
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bellautos
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Joined: 02 Feb 2006
Location: NorthYorkshire
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The tool also does sound like a Nanocom to me , available with the Nanocom map generator software that gives the user all the standard TD5 software versions in Nanocom format if needed for changine ecus from car to car.
Ive made many files for this tool but Nanocom files are more complex to make over other tool read files, as they use a spacific nanocom chq sum calculation not made by WinOls
Also luckly for the user in this case the tool does not add a flash marker to the history unlike some other tools exactly as 10forcash has said.
Not the best for tuning the TD5 in my opinion due to its reliability in some cases.
I think its a good tool in its own right for basic diagnostics only.Not the best for tuning with saftey in mind.
Regards Pete http://www.bellautoservices.co.uk
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| Sun Oct 05 2008 9:22pm |
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