ECU removal

[TonyNew]

Cheers no it would be recovered by RAC 

[J.R.]

2 hours ago, TonyNew said:

@Crasher the RAC bloke said most of his calls are down to faulty ECU's said its a common issue for them to packup all the time???

 

He is a muppet, I can quite believe that he tells that to everybody whose car he cannot get going or diagnose the fault, I can believe that he even believes it his-self but how would he ever know how the problems were eventually resolved?

 

I can not know either but I would bet every centime that I have to my name that he is talking sh1te.

[Ootohere]

There was a Dolly in the back of the van for recovery with the front wheels on when the responder was at the car.

[TonyNew]

I think they only use a dolly for short trips?? But I think I'm gonna go for the new battery 

could be a quick fix if not should be able to take it back. 

If it doesn't start get it neutral get get it recovered back home then I know an auto technician and take it from there

Thanks for all your help everyone I now have a plan thanks to your comments.

[Ootohere]

^^^ 

Good.

 

Seemingly now 80% of them have these now. 

[aubrey]

Out of interest why is it bad to tow a DSG in Neutral ?  I'd of thought that in neutral neither of the dual clutch input shafts would be turning, so I'm interested why it would matter ?

[Ootohere]

Maybe there is no reason not to with a DQ200 0AM .  Different with wet clutch DSG,s.

 

Just do it, what is the worst that could happen?

Edited 12 April by Rooted

[Crasher]

On 12/04/2024 at 16:42, TonyNew said:

@Crasher what battery do you recommend - I have search on google but a range of batteries are coming up for my reg from 50amps to 70 amps I assume the 70 is best

ALL modern batteries are ****, Varta has gone to the dogs as has Bosch, I have no idea what to recommend, as for the size, I need the VIN.

[MikeTheThinker]

2 minutes ago, Crasher said:

ALL modern batteries are ****

Are there any you would suggest as perhaps "least worst"?

 

[TonyNew]

@Crasher  The VIN is TMBFP65J8B3050768  I have got a battery but lets see what you come up with see if the one I got is any good?

[UrbanPanzer]

Halfords battery, 4 year warranty, can't argue with that and "if" they do fail which is very rare, they swap them no questions asked.

 

Halfords also supply Yuasa, those have a 5 year warranty.

[fr1nklyn]

+1 for Yuasa. 
 

I would pick whatever has the longest warranty.

[TonyNew]

So I got a Yuasa 3000 which is 71ah 680A EN 3 years warranty from GFS Parts in East Grinstead £87.00 (10%off) this was the nearest battery I could get yesterday that matched the spec of the battery I have which is a Varta 70ah 680A EN.

[TonyNew]

So I went to the car - I wish I had tried to start it before I did anything but I didn't.

 

So tried to get the car out of Park as per the instructions in the owners book

but I couldn't find this yellow plastic part?? all I could see was a light blue button at the top of the gearbox housing which I managed to push down (went forward) but couldn't get it out of park but I did feel the shifter move slightly.

 

So I then though perhaps the ignition should be on as well? So turned the ignition on didn't get the fault EPS up as I was on Friday when switching on the ignition. 

So I tried and it started on the button no lights or faults reported on the dash drove home fine no issues. I wander if it could be an issue with the shifter, so when I stopped and put it in park it didn't hit park properly and still thought it was in gear??  If anyone has any thoughts on this.

 

Scanned it with VCDS when I got back loads of codes on first scan cleared them and just I the one fault which I have had since owning the car i have uploaded if you want to take a look.

Log-LL10XYB-TMBFP65J8B3050768-1st scan.txt Log-LL10XYB-TMBFP65J8B3050768-2nd scan after clearing codes.txt

[Crasher]

The Yuasa 3000 is OK, the 5000 and 9000 are absolutely dire, the 5000 is THE most unreliable battery we have ever fitted, every single one we sold failed. @TonyNew the genuine number for yours is 000 915 105 DE and using TecDoc this cross references to a Yuasa YBX 3027 therefore using the old British Battery Manufactures Association system it is a 027

 

 

[TonyNew]

Well luckily didn't have to use the battery so we return it during the week. But will bear in mind when I need to replace it cheers.