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Old 20th August 2019, 16:04   #26
Dorchester2
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Default 20-10-2017, 19:28

I've put a 24 kOhms resistor on two wires of the MAP sensor, the earth and the built-in IAT.

Hence Torque is telling now that the intake temperature is -29°C, which facilitate the acceptance of more ethanol by the engine.

But the ECU being a bit touchy, the surgical job just being done, when I tried to start, all the instrument pack lights switched off straight away and nothing happened, the engine was like dead!

I had the idea to take off the negative of the battery, wait a few minutes then on again, but I hadn't any spanner at hand.
Then I thought it might be the fob, so I went back to the house to get the other one.
Thus I put the second key in the hole and all was working again, but the trip counter that had been reinitialized in the meantime.
When I tried to connect that nasty German Sat-Nav CD reader in the first place, https://forums.mg-rover.org/mg-zt-rov...ml#post8654761 the ECU had done the same trick while reinitializing itself.

So all's well that ends well!
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Rover 75 V6 2.5 Auto Connie born 1 July 1999, 24 kOhms resistor, 10 kOhms manual starter, full E85, modified airbox, full derestricted SS exhaust line, power & torque remap -> 202 bhp
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