Bromsgrove Defender
Well-Known Member
Glad ya got to the bottom of it
Quick update:
Found two resistors on ECu board burned out - the blue smoke that makes all electronics work had escaped.
It's with Gary at TD5Alive, so he can look at the codes and, if necessary, clone it
There's an inherent design flaw (LR - surprise surprise) that means sometimes, the tracks on the PCB in the ECU might be handling 80 volts at 8 amps. What Richard-head thought that might be a good idea?
So, even if I found out why, and have to spend £500+ to replace it - all I have is a brand new, but badly designed piece of kit that I hope might last another ten years
Will update when I've found more about why such a vulnerable piece of overpriced kit should be so easily compromised within the normal operating conditions.
Wrong - the voltage used to fire the EUI's is around 80v,in common with other diesels that LR used - the TD4 and 6 BMW engines also run around 80v,you can even see the measured voltage on Testbook as live data.No way to get 80V in a 12v DC system. You would need an inverter and step up transformer. I would have a go at fixing that ECU, depends on how extensive the track damage is and knowing the values of the cooked resistors. I would be worried that whatever the fault that caused it, would still be there when the new ECU is fitted.
Nanocom or hawkeye etc been covered many timesgday guys new member from oz got myself disco 2 td5 auto would lie to know a good but not to expensive scanner to buy cheers