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stubax

Member

• Mar 6, 2016

• #1

I have to bite the bullet and swap my engine in my TD5, I'm going to tackle this myself but have a few questions. I plan looking out for a whole donor vehicle.

Will a donor engine just plug and play or do I need to change ecu/electronics ? What about immobiliser ? Coding of injectors ? Really just wondering about this side of things at the moment.

I'm sure there will be many more questions I have. Any answers appreciated thanks.

 

Last edited: Mar 6, 2016

markomate2

Well-Known Member

• Mar 7, 2016

• #2

Is your old engine toast?
Not done a swap myself, but I would say getting a complete car would be a better move than just an engine, hopefully you can hear the engine running etc.
I would say engine swap should include the ECU.
Not sure about other things though.
Mark

 

Bennehboy

Well-Known Member

• Mar 7, 2016

• #3

All in all it will probably save some potential headache to also get the matched ECU. Make sure you get an engine/ecu combo that matches your transmission type.

You won't need to recode injectors that way (assuming the vendor isnt telling porkies and they really are a matched pair), but you will need to sync the BCU and ECU to get the immobiliser to disable. Nanocom probably required.

 

MJI

Well-Known Member

• Mar 7, 2016

• #4

What is wrong with original engine?

 

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stubax

Member

• Mar 8, 2016

• #5

Engine is toast compression down number two cylinder not ecu, injectors or loom etc resulting in misfire and plumes of never ending blue smoke, rings for sure....................Im looking for a donor car, I had wondered about ecu, immobiliser etc but now I know, thanks for all the answers, reassures me Im on the right lines............cheers stu

 

AceB

Active Member

• Mar 8, 2016

• #6

Don't forget the photos and 'how to' write up when you do the swap

 

Bennehboy

Well-Known Member

• Mar 8, 2016

• #7

+1

There's a full write up of a complete engine rebuild buried in my thread that might be useful too, see link in my sig. But it's always good to see new pics