Under this Post I will post a list of Units that will be sent in for repairs. Please do complete functionality test on all units.
New units for repair/service 2019-06-25
Unit: 18371, No communication.
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Unit: 17579, no communication, Its is a warrenty unit, probobly the known Rs232 chip problem. Its been on my shelf for a while.
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Unit: 14307, WBO not workning, Trigger not working. Fix whatever is broken.
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Unit: 11411, Some sort of communication problem/damaged RS232 chip. Draws alot of current when USB is plugged in.
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Unit: 4141, reported to be "unreliable", probobly CPU damage. Test it and fix whatever is broken. mainboard replacement is needed.
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NEW units for repair/return. 2018-12-14
Will also be sending in the following itens that are warrenty items.
Bluetooth unit VEMS-A8A7 - Never worked
Full refund demanded
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Bluetooth unit VEMS-F8F7, worked for a few days then the 5 volt adaptor started to send out 12volt and fried the Adaptor.
5volt adaptor will be sent aswell.
Full refund demanded
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Bluetooth unit VEMS-F8FA . Never worked, No com.
Full refund demanded.
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Bluetooth unit VEMS-F841 . Never worked, No com.
Full refund demanded.
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Bluetooth unit VEMS-F903 . Never worked, No com.
Full refund demanded. 5volt adaptor included. Please test it.
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Unknown bluetooth unit(sticker fell of, but you probobly can see when it was bought. No com, same as the others.
Full refund demanded.
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3x USB adaptors that have been damages due to units with broken RS232 chip. Full refund on these demanded. DO NOT test them on VEMS unit, they may kill the RS232 chip on working units. One of my units was damaged this way.
Unit 14480, blow a 1A fuse, and will not communicate after that.
Im guessing faulty RS232 chip.
Will be sending in the USB adaptor for relacement since when the RS232 chip goes bbd they kill the USB adaptors.
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Unit 17599, Same as above, Was dead on arrival. No comunication.
Also Put 8gb SD card Back in it.
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Unit 8855, Analog inputs dead. Also possibly damaged CPU.
Do full functionality test. Mainboard replacement authorised.
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Unit 4640, Seemingly all outputs are dead. Dont know why.
Test and repair. Mainboard replacement authorised.
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Unit 6421, I dont remember whats wrong with this one, but I belive its CPU issues
Fix whatever need fixing.
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Unit 6641, Stepper Chip Dead. Also I belive this unit have more problems.
Do functionallity test and fix whatever needs fixing.
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Unit 2360, Unknown problems, I belive its CPU/memory issues.
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Unit 773, CPU/memory problems. Old unit, change the mainboard.
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Unit 2752, multiple problems, P259, and Ign outputs.
Fix whatever needs fixing. Replace missing parts.
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Unit 2375, No communication.
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Unit 4141, stuck in Boot Mode. Probobly damaged CPU.
OLD 2018-01-25
I have 11 units in need of repair or return.
Unit nr 1:
Serial nr 6858.
Multiple high current damage, Caused by burnt coil - damage mainboard
No comm. Mainbord replacement.
VR/Hall 2+6Logic. "2JZ VAG coils, Custom harness"
Also add one Missing FET clamp.
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Unit nr 2:
Serial nr 9540
Damaged P259 chip and Damaged Stepper chip.
Also possible other damage.
VR/Hall 8+0 IGN. "Bmw M50 stock coils, Twinshield"
Fix whatever is needed.
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Unit nr 3:
Serial nr 9332
M50 PnP unit, worked for 1 hour, then just died. Some form of bootloader/firmware issue on reboot.
I want full refund on this one.
Will send it WITH external MAP sensor.
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Unit nr 4:
Serial nr 13031
M60 PnP unit.
Never worked right, 2 cylinders missfires. Some form of manufacture defekt that manifests in problem with injector output or IGN output.
I am almost sertain the problem is with the injector outputs.
All outputs work when in testmode, all fires individually. But when enginge is started 2 cylinder do not run correct. Dead on idle. then runs in on mid load, then dead again on full load.
I made a "Patch harness" for this car, and used a stock VEMS 3.8 unit and it has run perfectly after that.
Even installed this defektive unit again, and the problem returned.
I want full refund for this unit, and 200 euro for the time spent looking for this problem. Spent 10 hours looking for a mechanical fault :(
Will send it in with external Map sensor.
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I will send the first 4 units in one package because of limited insurance.
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Unit 5:
Serial nr 13039
M60 PnP unit. This never worked. No trigger.
This has Manufacture defekt. This is not wired correctly. I have messured it and GND pins and Trigger pins are not where they are supposed to.
I want full refund on this unit. Plus 100Euro in handling of this problem and shipping fees and the fakt that I had to stay upp all night to make a patch harness for this car.
Will send if in with External map sensor.
Do not send any M60 PnP units back to me..
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Unit nr 6
Serial nr 11151
Damage/faulty 5volt output and possible IGN fet damage and Stepper chip.
Damage caused by melted wiring.
Vr/Hall 8Ign "BMW M20, twinshield"
Repair what ever is needed. Do complete functionallity test.
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Unit 7:
Serial nr: 2365
Old unit used with many cars.
Memory damage. Looses information when used.
Firmware update not possible.
Please change mainboard and update with Knock and LCD.
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Unit 8:
Serial nr 727
Old unit, multilpe problems, just replace mainboard.
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Unit 9:
Serial nr: 14354
I belive this unit was sent for repair prevously. And when I recived it back it was still no com.
Just replace the motherboard, and any missing parts. I have used it for parts.
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Unit 10,11,12:
Serial nr : 17562, 17797, 17570.
All 3 units share the same problem. Broken RS232 communication chip.
When connected to USB the units start to draw exessive Amp. Like 0.6Amp. instead of normal 0.15Amp.
Unit 17797 was used only with regulat COM port, ans stopped communicating in the middle of the tuning session.
These I will not pay for fixing. These where used under normal conditons and all broke the same way. And they do have very close seriel numbers.
I will send the USB adaptors also, the first one was used on the fist unit, the other one on on of the orters. But both adaptors seem to be dead and I tried it on a nother broken unit, and they seem to have killed that unit aswell. Unit 727.
These 3 failures have cost me in exess of 200Euros in shippings, transport, handling and refunds. I would like to see that amount decucted from the total bill for all the fixing of all the units.
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Unit 13:
Serial nr 14236
This Was installed with my custom PnP patch harness for BMW M60.
Was tuned successfully and ran for 3 days, then just died and stopped communucating.
This was accualy in a friends car and I was next to it when it just died on idle in the depo next to the track.
We put a new unit in the car the same day, and it ran perfectly the rest of the summer last year.
I dont want to pay for fixing this. Noting was wrong with the car installation since I did it.
Fix it, replace the SD card (I will pay for the card) and send it back.
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Please send out the units 2-3 at a time. As soon as they are ready.
Send detailed individual cost of each repair to Info at engdahlmotorsport.se
OLD:
Send detailed individual cost of each repair to Info at engdahlmotorsport.se
Ask for return address before sending back, I will change adress 2016-08-30.
Please send out the units 2-3 at a time. As soon as they are ready.
RS232 serial communications
Please note that devices with dual WBO2 (and old devices) have NFET on EC18/pin17 (2nd WBO2 heater), not GND as most new devices.
- That means RS232 connection with GND only on EC18/17 (RS232 GND not connected to EC36/26) will fail to communicate, or worse: sometimes communicate, but unreliably. (eg. communicate with engine off, but frequent comm disconnects with engine running).
Unit number: 4130 belongs to Engdahl/RBD
Damaged LM1815. Unknown reason. Also some unsure funktion of some parts. Test everything.
Please change it, or change is to Hall if not possible without board replacement.
Unit number 11658. Belongs to Engdahl
Brand new unit. Burnt Stepper chip due to short in solenoid.
No communication after the chip fried.
Main board replacement authorized.
Unit Number: 8168. Belings to Engdahl
Injector channel/channels grounds on powerup.
Suspected INJ driver chip damage?
Test it and fix whatever is broken.
Main board replacement authorized.
Unit Number: 2365. Belings to Engdahl/RBD
Communication problems. Sometimes it works, sometimes not.
Bootloader corrupt?
If uncertain, change of main board is authorized.
Unit Number: 4706, Unit Belong to Engdahl
CPU failure.
Tested this on my bench, Very strange problems, then I even burnt myself on the CPU. Efter firmware update it died. No comms.
Main board replacement authorized.
Unit Number: 1959 belongs to Engdahl/RBD
- No communication.
- seems to communicate without problem (no CRC error). Check the bench RS232 cable connection, especially RS232 GND to EC36/26 connectivity
- doing bootloader upgrade and more tests
Main board replacement authorized.
Unit Number: 533 belongs to Engdahl
Really old, lost of problems. I think It died on the testbench.
Change main board and replace any missing/broken parts.
Also add LCD. and Change the front to one without holes.