172/182 ECU mapping

[Westy]

I heard that the Ecu maps itself depending on how you drive the 1st 100 miles of the cars life. Therefore if you take it easy then the ecu maps itself to pansy mode and vise versa.

Has anybody heard of this, just wondered if its worth getting the Ecu reset once ive done my running in so i can remap it by giving it some beans!

 

[Pete]

Just disconnect the battery for a few hours to reset it.

 

[matlow]

if you disconnect the battery does this have an effect on the alarm??

 

[matlow]

just to clarify, as you disconnect the battery does the alarm then go into anti tamper and start sounding after a while?

 

[cli0 172]

^^lol at your avatar

sorry to be off topic

carry on

 

[matlow]

its a classic innit

[Edited by matlow on 05 July 2004 at 10:18am]

edited to say: no fat children were harmed in the production of my avatar

 

[Nick J]

Quote: Originally posted by Westy on 04 July 2004


I heard that the Ecu maps itself depending on how you drive the 1st 100 miles of the cars life. Therefore if you take it easy then the ecu maps itself to pansy mode and vise versa.

Has anybody heard of this, just wondered if its worth getting the Ecu reset once ive done my running in so i can remap it by giving it some beans!

Is this realy true? It seem hard to believe that the ECU word deliberately change the mapping because of the way the car was driven in the first 100 miles. Oh, no! My car was delivered by an old chap, so he did the first 100 miles for me! I notice that there is no mention of this in the owners handbook.

 

[Yugguy]

No, I think its more likely that the ECU adapts to the last 100 miles youve driven, on a rolling basis.