V8 ecu

marinabrian · 9th October 2013, 13:49

What a disappointing mismatched cobblement of electricals assortments on the V8.

Personally I'm surprised any of these hateful things run at all

Kit car anyone?, probably more reliable

Pektron should have stuck to making diode packs

Brian

tonybubble · 9th October 2013, 14:09

Quote:

Originally Posted by marinabrian

What a disappointing mismatched cobblement of electricals assortments on the V8.

Personally I'm surprised any of these hateful things run at all

Kit car anyone?, probably more reliable

Pektron should have stuck to making diode packs

Brian

Is this the one belonging to 07, Brian?

Number 6 · 9th October 2013, 14:22

Quote:

Originally Posted by marinabrian

What a disappointing mismatched cobblement of electricals assortments on the V8.

Personally I'm surprised any of these hateful things run at all

Kit car anyone?, probably more reliable

Pektron should have stuck to making diode packs

Brian

I take it you dont like them?

kaiser · 9th October 2013, 17:26

Maybe you are right, I don't know.
I notice mine at times will flash the charging light, and occasionally the A/C will do an impression of the deepest interior of Congo, on a hot day!

But apart from that, the ECU is mainly FORD I believe, and the problems that are seen is in the translation from American to English, somehow, I guess?.

I know the Rover chaps insisted on interfering with the system for the function of the dif lock, and that thing really works badly.

But I hope it is all reliable, because if it does not get any worse, I can live with that.

marinabrian · 9th October 2013, 17:43

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Originally Posted by kaiser

Maybe you are right, I don't know.
I notice mine at times will flash the charging light, and occasionally the A/C will do an impression of the deepest interior of Congo, on a hot day!

But apart from that, the ECU is mainly FORD I believe, and the problems that are seen is in the translation from American to English, somehow, I guess?.

I know the Rover chaps insisted on interfering with the system for the function of the dif lock, and that thing really works badly.

But I hope it is all reliable, because if it does not get any worse, I can live with that.

Reliable, the only reliable thing that can be said about the V8 electronics is they're unreliable.

Diagnostics are unfinished, I had something happen to me last night I've never seen before, T4 actually has an APOLOGY SCREEN, stating that ECU renewal was not possible.

How on earth the poor dealers felt when confronted with this sort of half baked madness, and indeed how could MGR have possibly thought it was acceptable to release what in effect were 883 production prototypes on an unsuspecting public.

Nice exhaust note, and reasonably fast, however that's about all you can say about them.

Brian

kaiser · 9th October 2013, 17:52

Aah, you have an MG.
Mine is a Rover, and it is as quiet as anything!

And automatic!!

So nothing on the exhaust note, and less on oomph!

But I love it!

Bainzi · 9th October 2013, 17:59

Just sell it if your not happy, I'm sure someone else will put up with its oddities, after all the rest of us prototype owners do

trikey · 9th October 2013, 19:10

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Originally Posted by Bainzi

Just sell it if your not happy, I'm sure someone else will put up with its oddities, after all the rest of us prototype owners do

Its not his to sell

Bri is just fed up with T4 no speaky to all these bloomin kit cars!!!!

colintf · 10th October 2013, 16:46

funny,Austin Garages have now problem with mine, nor do AE Wilcox at Wickwar (MG Dealers)

J1MBO · 10th October 2013, 17:05

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Originally Posted by colintf

funny,Austin Garages have now problem with mine, nor do AE Wilcox at Wickwar (MG Dealers)

Maybe Colin but as you'll be aware some of the 260's can be, lets say, reticent in talking to T4.

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kaiser This is my second home 75 Tourer 2.5 Auto, 1.8T, 75V8ZT Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Johannesburg ZA Posts: 6,200 Thanks: 1 Thanked 859 Times in 613 Posts	Maybe you are right, I don't know. I notice mine at times will flash the charging light, and occasionally the A/C will do an impression of the deepest interior of Congo, on a hot day! But apart from that, the ECU is mainly FORD I believe, and the problems that are seen is in the translation from American to English, somehow, I guess?. I know the Rover chaps insisted on interfering with the system for the function of the dif lock, and that thing really works badly. But I hope it is all reliable, because if it does not get any worse, I can live with that.

9th October 2013, 17:52	#6
kaiser This is my second home 75 Tourer 2.5 Auto, 1.8T, 75V8ZT Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Johannesburg ZA Posts: 6,200 Thanks: 1 Thanked 859 Times in 613 Posts	Aah, you have an MG. Mine is a Rover, and it is as quiet as anything! And automatic!! So nothing on the exhaust note, and less on oomph! But I love it!