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Lpgc · Nov 6th, 2014, 10:30

Most of us installers have software and interface for Emer... The interface for Emer is one of the most widely used interfaces in the industry, as is the software which is freely available.

This kind of problem is not common at all, particularly not something we'd expect with a 2 year old Emer ECU. The fact that the installer doubted his existing equipment compatibility (he bought a new interface specifically to try to connect to your Emer system?) doesn't look promising regards the prospect of this installer being able to sort your Emer lean running problem in my book... Has he not worked on a great many Emer and similar systems before? Does he not do so on a regular basis? Is he not 100% familiar with Emer?

Without knowing which installer is claiming the inability to connect to the ECU is the fault of the ECU (both I and Classicswede know a minority might claim such just so they could charge you for a new ECU / through incompetency / because they never actually tried to connect to the ECU and/or didn't know how to tune it properly).... I would advise at least letting another installer have a look, to try to connect with an interface and then calibrate the system properly - Both I and Classicswede are more than capable of doing this properly - it is second nature, a bread and butter job!

How happy would you be using the same installer to convert another of your vehicles if you knew that he had previously advised / tried to charge you, for a new ECU where one wasn't needed? If he was wrong about the above, on a very common system such as Emer, it doesn't give a very good impression of the installer at all.

Where are you? Where did you take the car with the supposed ECU problem? I am in Yorkshire, Classicswede is in North Wales... If either of us said your ECU had a problem the other would have no doubt this was true - but we wouldn't necessarily assume it was true if some installers made that claim, and particularly not in the case that said installer thought it necessary to buy a new interface to try to connect to the ECU. Do yourself a favour.. at least take the vehicle somewhere else, preferably one of us, before taking it as fact that your ECU is broken!

Simon

Nov 6th, 2014, 10:30	#4
Lpgc LPG conversion pro Last Online: Mar 22nd, 2024 15:35 Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: Pontefract	Most of us installers have software and interface for Emer... The interface for Emer is one of the most widely used interfaces in the industry, as is the software which is freely available. This kind of problem is not common at all, particularly not something we'd expect with a 2 year old Emer ECU. The fact that the installer doubted his existing equipment compatibility (he bought a new interface specifically to try to connect to your Emer system?) doesn't look promising regards the prospect of this installer being able to sort your Emer lean running problem in my book... Has he not worked on a great many Emer and similar systems before? Does he not do so on a regular basis? Is he not 100% familiar with Emer? Without knowing which installer is claiming the inability to connect to the ECU is the fault of the ECU (both I and Classicswede know a minority might claim such just so they could charge you for a new ECU / through incompetency / because they never actually tried to connect to the ECU and/or didn't know how to tune it properly).... I would advise at least letting another installer have a look, to try to connect with an interface and then calibrate the system properly - Both I and Classicswede are more than capable of doing this properly - it is second nature, a bread and butter job! How happy would you be using the same installer to convert another of your vehicles if you knew that he had previously advised / tried to charge you, for a new ECU where one wasn't needed? If he was wrong about the above, on a very common system such as Emer, it doesn't give a very good impression of the installer at all. Where are you? Where did you take the car with the supposed ECU problem? I am in Yorkshire, Classicswede is in North Wales... If either of us said your ECU had a problem the other would have no doubt this was true - but we wouldn't necessarily assume it was true if some installers made that claim, and particularly not in the case that said installer thought it necessary to buy a new interface to try to connect to the ECU. Do yourself a favour.. at least take the vehicle somewhere else, preferably one of us, before taking it as fact that your ECU is broken! Simon Last edited by Lpgc; Nov 6th, 2014 at 11:01.