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  1. RallyMini370

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    #193 RallyMini370, Oct 7, 2015
    just got a nice video on how synchronize the EWS/EMU/KEY from the tech. Problem is I need the cable......more chance of finding hens teeth in Costa Rica.LOL
     
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    #195 00Mini, Oct 7, 2015
    What a nightmare !! Hopefully by next week you'll be up running and all this will seem like a distant bad dream.
     
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    #197 interzonearts, Oct 7, 2015
    or alternatively when you learn how to marry keys with ECMs...
     
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    #199 RallyMini370, Oct 13, 2015
    No Marriage yet! Got the cable but the software does not see the Mini system. The tech seems to think my company laptop security has blocked some of the download components. Now I might have to buy a cheapo laptop to put the software in. Oh well few more days , no worries.
     
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    #200 MCS02, Oct 13, 2015
    I hope it works! If you get a cheep PC you could get the software that reads all the codes. I don't remember where to get it but someone here will.
     
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    #201 interzonearts, Oct 13, 2015
    Before you buy a new laptop see if any other (free) software can see the system.
     
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    #202 RallyMini370, Oct 13, 2015
    I looked on youtube and found a link to install the software with the help of the IS guy. Seems I needed to click a few buttons. Going to try it tonight.
     
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    #203 MCS02, Oct 13, 2015
    There is MINI of us pulling for you. Good luck!:D
     
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    #204 00Mini, Oct 13, 2015
    Good luck !!
     
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    #205 00Mini, Oct 13, 2015
    Think nothing but good thoughts !!
     
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    #206 Goldsmithy, Oct 14, 2015
    May the car Gods smile on you.....
     
  12. RallyMini370

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    #211 RallyMini370, Oct 14, 2015
    Thanks, I like to think positive..after some wine! At least I'm learning things. I have a little more understanding to what the INPA is and how to install it even though it does not work..hahahahahaha
     
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    #212 RallyMini370, Oct 14, 2015
    Rally dude confirmed tomorrow morning! fingers crossed, legs and toes.
     
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    #215 vetsvette, Oct 14, 2015
    :fingerscrossed::fingerscrossed::fingerscrossed:
     
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    #217 RallyMini370, Oct 15, 2015
    You're all waiting like me for the engine to run again.....The rally dude came over, plugged in his $3000 scan tool, reset everything and bingo the engine fired up on the first turn. Woooooooooooo hooooooooooooo I did a merry dance..............then I said let me check the engine at 3000rpm. I did and yeap the fault is still there.....the tech ran a few tests with the scan tool having the only error code as multi-cylinder misfire......same crap as before. He said this was a strange error which he was going to ask around for a cure. Meanwhile the ECU will be off back to FL to be checked again.

    I thinking engine wiring loom to change next and a crank sensor.

    Sorry folks to be the bearer of bad news.
     
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    #229 interzonearts, Oct 16, 2015
    Man, this is way bizarre. It's hard to imagine why overheating of memory would be caused by the tune unless the tune script would have the processor compute a whole lot more data than the OEM software.
    On top of this why would something as general as an overheating unit cause repeatedly something as specific as misfire at particular RPMs.

    I would dare to guess that there's something wrong with how the ECM interprets data at very specific range which would probably indicate corrupt software and on a level more basic than the tune.

    The more i think about it the more i believe that IF the issue lies with the ECM then some module that stores that basic software responsible for interpreting whatever data must have some bad sectors or something.

    How much did you pay for the ECM repair?
     
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    #230 RallyMini370, Oct 17, 2015
    The thing is the Tune has been in there since 2012 working in 120F temperatures plus even the standard tune does not work. . I think the ECU is suspect and the ECU guys didn't do a full test or because the engine mounts are solid I thought maybe vibration has caused some shorts in the wiring that confuses the ECU.
     
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    #231 00Mini, Oct 23, 2015
    Any word from the ECU people ??
     
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    #233 00Mini, Oct 23, 2015
    Receiving an email saying to be patient is better than a sharp stick to an eye but how much time is needed to repair it again and if they cannot do you get your money back or another unit ??
     
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    #235 interzonearts, Oct 26, 2015
    Didn't they say that they'd gotten the same symptom with your ECU in a different car before they 'fixed it'?
     
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