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I am tempted as I like the idea of plugging something in rather than altering the chip in situ. Can also be moved to another vehicle, or removed entirely if required. But are there drawbacks?
Had the motor in my Landrover boostsed, that did in the clutch which had to be replaced by a military version.
Read only this week a motorhome owner in Spain with a large Sprinter based motorhome. He bought it with one previous owner. The engine went BANG with a hole in a piston and damage to the bore. It was a complete replacement engine and after the repatriation costs were added the bill was EU11000. The vehicle was said to be still in warranty but when Mercedes inspected the engine they found it had been chipped (add on box still fitted) so gave no warranty. No doubt the company selling the box were by then no longer trading.
I had an offer at a show to have ours chipped but have declined. Whats the rush?
The latest getout is selling us customers the kit to re-map the engine ourselves, Then if the engine goes BANG who did it?
Some engines are more suitable for remapping and some really need it. The larger Fiats on tag axles with a 208 engine would certainly benefit remapping and I have not heard of any blown up Fiat engines after remapping.
A quality re map will not cause any early engine/clutch/turbo wear. It all depends on who has written the file. As in most things in life, dont buy cheap!!
I just cant get over this fact when it comes to retuning / chipping
IF this was 100% safe
IF this was 100% reliable
IF this was 100% foolproof
IF this was 100% guaranteed to cause no problems in any circumstances
would not the manufacturers do it themselves to boast how their engines were more efficient / had more power / had more torque / had better MPG than all their competitors?
And since they dont I think it must be because the above is not true, have they secretly produced super engines and purposely chose not to pass the benefits on to the end user?
I just cant get over this fact when it comes to retuning / chipping
IF this was 100% safe
IF this was 100% reliable
IF this was 100% foolproof
IF this was 100% guaranteed to cause no problems in any circumstances
would not the manufacturers do it themselves to boast how their engines were more efficient / had more power / had more torque / had better MPG than all their competitors?
And since they dont I think it must be because the above is not true, have they secretly produced super engines and purposely chose not to pass the benefits on to the end user?
There are instances where manufacturers have 2 or even 3 versions of the same engine, each with an increasingly higher power/torque fiqure. In most cases, this is simply achieved by remapping, nothing else. So there is certainly a manufacturer precedent for it.
Some would argue that there is more scope for mapping in commercial vehicles as the engines are not in as high a state of tune to start with. My Fiat 2.8jtd is 127hp as standard which, whilst decent for a commercial, is not exactly "tuned" My Merc road car is a 2.2 diesel and has over 180hp standard. Apples and pears of course but it kind of makes the point.
Location: Brimington, Chesterfield, Derbyshire and Acharavi, Greece
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I am also looking at either re chipping or re mapping, Mine is on a Nissan Navara, I may leave it until I get to Greece next year as on mainland Greece the Nissan agents actually do a re mapping by Nissan and it keeps all warranties etc.
They state that the engines are better after re map as before the chips are programmed for the European legislation.
I questioned that as Greece are in the EU what difference is it ?, My reply, Yes but nobody here is bothered. How Very True.
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