E60 start problem 2
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ok an update for all and whomever might have this issue
I have narrowed it down to ecu. What helped me was the summer in UK as I noticed as soon as the car is started and driving for a bit and switched off, that is the end of it .
no more start or on days that was too hot no start at all even if the engine was dead cold.
What I did was took the ecu and put it in the freezer for 2 minutes and then back in and straight away the car starts
the car starts if you do it straight after switch off but if you wait 1 or 2 minutes then it is dead
so it is 99.9% the ecu and have just bought a new one.
for those that may see this frustrating issue in future, here is a summary :
car does not start
transmission fault comes up(idrive)
fuel pump issue comes up(idrive)
dsc issu comes up ( idrive)
fuel relay pump will continue to run the fuel pump even when the car is off . If you lock the door the fuel pump will shutdown after few minutes
when diagnosed with inpa I can see all those modules are saying they are missing a signal from ecu!
so now my question is what do I need to recode to get the new ecu to work ? is it just the keys and alignment os cas and ecu or more to it ?
Do I have to adjust the VIN ?
When people say close the ecu , what do they mean ?
I have narrowed it down to ecu. What helped me was the summer in UK as I noticed as soon as the car is started and driving for a bit and switched off, that is the end of it .
no more start or on days that was too hot no start at all even if the engine was dead cold.
What I did was took the ecu and put it in the freezer for 2 minutes and then back in and straight away the car starts
the car starts if you do it straight after switch off but if you wait 1 or 2 minutes then it is dead
so it is 99.9% the ecu and have just bought a new one.
for those that may see this frustrating issue in future, here is a summary :
car does not start
transmission fault comes up(idrive)
fuel pump issue comes up(idrive)
dsc issu comes up ( idrive)
fuel relay pump will continue to run the fuel pump even when the car is off . If you lock the door the fuel pump will shutdown after few minutes
when diagnosed with inpa I can see all those modules are saying they are missing a signal from ecu!
so now my question is what do I need to recode to get the new ecu to work ? is it just the keys and alignment os cas and ecu or more to it ?
Do I have to adjust the VIN ?
When people say close the ecu , what do they mean ?
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Hi All,
Just a quick note to say I fixed the issue.
It turned out to be the ecu .
Symptoms were:
When in hot wheather the car won't start. engine cranks but no start
when car ran for few minutes and switched off for more than 1 minutes, it won't start . engine cranks but no start
faults about dsc, transmission and fuel pump on i drive .
when trying to connect to the ecu while the issue was present using inpa , i was getting ecu unresponsive.
I fixed it by buying a second hand ecu, cloning mine to the 2nd hand one and then re syncing ews using inpa.
all working now
many thanks
Just a quick note to say I fixed the issue.
It turned out to be the ecu .
Symptoms were:
When in hot wheather the car won't start. engine cranks but no start
when car ran for few minutes and switched off for more than 1 minutes, it won't start . engine cranks but no start
faults about dsc, transmission and fuel pump on i drive .
when trying to connect to the ecu while the issue was present using inpa , i was getting ecu unresponsive.
I fixed it by buying a second hand ecu, cloning mine to the 2nd hand one and then re syncing ews using inpa.
all working now
many thanks
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Hi All,
Just a quick note to say I fixed the issue.
It turned out to be the ecu .
Symptoms were:
When in hot wheather the car won't start. engine cranks but no start
when car ran for few minutes and switched off for more than 1 minutes, it won't start . engine cranks but no start
faults about dsc, transmission and fuel pump on i drive .
when trying to connect to the ecu while the issue was present using inpa , i was getting ecu unresponsive.
I fixed it by buying a second hand ecu, cloning mine to the 2nd hand one and then re syncing ews using inpa.
all working now
many thanks
Just a quick note to say I fixed the issue.
It turned out to be the ecu .
Symptoms were:
When in hot wheather the car won't start. engine cranks but no start
when car ran for few minutes and switched off for more than 1 minutes, it won't start . engine cranks but no start
faults about dsc, transmission and fuel pump on i drive .
when trying to connect to the ecu while the issue was present using inpa , i was getting ecu unresponsive.
I fixed it by buying a second hand ecu, cloning mine to the 2nd hand one and then re syncing ews using inpa.
all working now
many thanks
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