BMW M50 Non vanos (VR, VR) PNP ecu trigger issue.
If the ECU has been setup as Vanos, would the crank trigger still work?
- Plugging M50-Vanos (VR, HALL) ECU to M50-NonVanos harness is strictly prohibited. Should never happen. Even if primary trigger is VR in both cases, pin number is different
Customer is getting "no trigger" (indicated by triggerlog or RPM or ... ?), scoped the input wire at the ecu and that all looks fine, but the ECU does not have a signal.
Suspicion: is there a chance that the ECU was mistakenly setup as M50 Vanos PNP which is causing this?
Before sending the ECU back what options can the customer take to verify the ECU is built right?
- Download the [M50-vanos-vs-s50b32.xls] (note: also on [shop page] ) and identify relevant pins that are related to trigger, and/or different in M50-Vanos and M50-Nonvanos
- With ignition off and ECU unplugged: Measure GND pins connectivity to GND (say, to pin6):
- GND pins: 6,34,55 and 15,28,43,44,45,71 - in M50 Non-vanos some are not used and don't care but while at it, measure them anyway, especially in case of doubt
- Measure Ohm to GND from pins: Pin16,17 pin67,68
- Report basic information like ECU serialnumber
- At least on Pin16,17 pin67,68 ... measure voltage relative to GND with ignition on and report (with ECU serialnumber and measuring circumstances, eg. sensor disconnected or sensor connected). Connectivity or resistance to GND can also be useful (continuity or resistance is measured with ignition off)
- See InputTrigger/TriggerLog (and [VT Help] )
- note: Primtrig pulses need much longer cranking to show up in triggerlog if sectrig does not work (for any reason).
- Report very precisely what exact indication shows that "the ECU does not have a signal" (eg. only watching RPM, or triggerlog, or WBO2 heater activation, or similar)...
Note: The VR sensors have + and - wires. The ECU-s are tested on automated bench, but during that procedure the signalgenerator GND is connected via alternate paths also. So while most signals are tested by automated methods, the VR return path to GND is tested manually. It happened before (once in 200 perhaps) that the return pin was not connected to GND inside the ECU. It is carefully checked since, so should not happen, but just in case, measure the GND-s and all trigger pins (Ohm measurement to pin6).
The same set of measurements also reveals some bigger mismatch, eg. Vanos / Non-Vanos... (rather different, as you see in the xls... Even the cranktrigger input pin is different).
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