Toxic Beast Member 514 Member For: 18y 4m 22d Gender: Male Posted 12/11/08 08:03 AM Share Posted 12/11/08 08:03 AM Hey Guys,My car has been going into Limp mode unexpectedly ever since I've fitted a bigger intake without a tune.but I changed it back to stock asap..a mate of mine told me that with honda's all you need to do is d/c the battery so the ecu resets. for about 15 minsand it would fix the problem, so the car recognises the new mods..would this work ?thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muzza No V6 for me thanks!! Donating Members 583 Member For: 19y 5m 9d Location: Newcastle Posted 12/11/08 08:08 AM Share Posted 12/11/08 08:08 AM Ring around & see if any of the local workshops have a Carman or snapon scanner to clear faults....No easy way sorry.Muz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trevs Member 781 Member For: 17y 8m 25d Gender: Male Location: balmain Posted 12/11/08 09:20 AM Share Posted 12/11/08 09:20 AM by intake you mean a cai right id think its unlikly to have been cause from that are you sure you didnt bump something else when working on your car ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toxic Beast Member 514 Member For: 18y 4m 22d Gender: Male Posted 13/11/08 02:30 PM Author Share Posted 13/11/08 02:30 PM I actually have a huge intercooler on without a tuneso im just wondering if this trick would work.. out of curiousityas I wouldnt wana risk driving round and run into limp mode while in traffic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdB Member 46 Member For: 16y 4m 2d Posted 17/11/08 08:29 AM Share Posted 17/11/08 08:29 AM I actually have a huge intercooler on without a tuneHey mate,I have no idea how disconnecting the battery will help the car "recognise" physical additions to the intake pathway.Get a custom tune cause your probably overboosting. Ed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YPURV4 KILL,KILL,KILL,DIE,DIE,DIE, Member 2,813 Member For: 18y 8m 11d Gender: Male Posted 18/11/08 06:00 AM Share Posted 18/11/08 06:00 AM dont you have a manual ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XRDOSE BIGRED Donating Members 1,410 Member For: 17y 9m 23d Gender: Male Location: Sth East Melb Posted 18/11/08 06:56 AM Share Posted 18/11/08 06:56 AM there are cars that are able to recognise mods and adjust the ecu to suit, I was talking to a guy fri nite who has an AMG s/c V8 with work done to it and he told me the merc ecu knows when modifications have been made to the car and alters the tune itself to suit the mods. pretty cool IMO but I dont think fords do that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buf-Phoon loitering with intent Lifetime Members 13,318 Member For: 21y 4m 27d Gender: Male Location: Zombie Birdhouse Posted 18/11/08 06:58 AM Share Posted 18/11/08 06:58 AM unfortunately our taxis are not AMGs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toxic Beast Member 514 Member For: 18y 4m 22d Gender: Male Posted 18/11/08 07:09 AM Author Share Posted 18/11/08 07:09 AM hah.. damnyes mike, it is manual.. why? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
used_2_like_rice Member 8 Member For: 16y 9m 12d Gender: Male Location: gold coast Posted 18/11/08 09:37 AM Share Posted 18/11/08 09:37 AM Hey Guys,My car has been going into Limp mode unexpectedly ever since I've fitted a bigger intake without a tune.but I changed it back to stock asap..a mate of mine told me that with honda's all you need to do is d/c the battery so the ecu resets. for about 15 minsand it would fix the problem, so the car recognises the new mods..would this work ?thanksHondas, Nissans, Toyotas, they all do it, what you are meant to do is disconnect both sides of the battery, put something on the brake pedal so it discharges all your circuitry, plug her back in half an hour - a hour later and away she goes, I used to do it to my 200sx with every mod I did, only changed the ECU when it hit 450kw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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