Volvo 480 Club Europe

Hello folks,

Am waiting for a Richmod I bought off this forum and as soon as it arrives I want to make sure it is actually modded and not a standard one. Right now my car is at the body shop for a respray and so I can not try the ECU once its here.

If I open up both ECU's what should I look for to confirm that it is actually a modded ECU ??

ohh and no there's no one in the vicinity that owns a 480 turbo to try the ECU on..

Cheers

any photos would be of great help, thanks

tipext on the bolts and
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Sieger wrote:tipext on the bolts and
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why is there a link from resistor to chip?

Sieger wrote:tipext on the bolts and
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so a Richmod is done only by replacing those 2 resistors ?! and what do you mean by 'tipext on the bolts..' ??

r5b18ft wrote:

Sieger wrote:tipext on the bolts and
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so a Richmod is done only by replacing those 2 resistors ?!?

This is one of the method of modding ECU. Increased fuel delivery.

Those resistors do not change fuel delivery.
The chip does alter the parameters of the fuel delivery.
Resistors change throtthle response and turbo pressure.

Only way to be 100 % sure you received a genuine Richmod is to check parameters by reading the chip.
But then the question arrives : what are the parameters of the Richmod ?

You never can be 100 % sure.
If you bought a Richmodded ecu, try it in your car, if you step out with a big smile you probably got a real one.

Greetz

this one i recieved from rich. so it;s genuine

typex

Sieger wrote:this one i recieved from rich. so it;s genuine

one question please .. what colour is the last band on each resistor ? red or brown ? or is it one in red and one in brown ?

cheers.

are you going to look at it or use it?

i sold the richmod, but if i remember well the last colour is brown

Sieger wrote:tipext on the bolts and
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Yes this is correct! however the eprom has had a new map put into it so "DO NOT" just change the bit's over, there is something in the insulation.

If you attempt to change the bits but dont have the right map on the eprom you will kill the engine!

bbf wrote:are you going to look at it or use it?

I want to make sure the one I bought is a genuine mod .. thats all ! As I said, I can't try it at the mo as my car is at the body shop

bkf_uk wrote: Yes this is correct! however the eprom has had a new map put into it so "DO NOT" just change the bit's over, there is something in the insulation.

If you attempt to change the bits but dont have the right map on the eprom you will kill the engine!

I don't want to copy one, I just want to know how its built

Thats ok, it's just a warning to people who dig up the thread in a search in the future. dont want people killing the ecu or there engine.

there's a mod that behaves and looks like Richard's, but without modifying table. check at the car of the month december 2004. it does provide you with aditional power, but the ecu senses this mod as a fault in sensor and eliminates the 'error' - you have to reset the ecu each 100km or it will gain it's original power.
You'll have to plug it in a suitable car to be sure.

I've been meaning to try the diy mod for myself some time. It seems odd that the software would detect a modification to the hardware and require resetting. I think I will try it and see for myself. Other than the old cr of the year post, I don't think too many people have tried this.

Apparantly this is all that is done by some chip tuning companies on these cars? Worth an experiment anyway. Might wait till it gets a bit warmer outsie though!

pol

I did this mod and soon after burned discs. it does it's job, but it vanishes later. LH2.2 is adaptive electronics - adaptive to erratic sensors.
I got it richmoded later..

bbf wrote:I did this mod and soon after burned discs. it does it's job, but it vanishes later. LH2.2 is adaptive electronics - adaptive to erratic sensors.

this is not true, it can not adopt so much, the only problem that arises is that ingnition timing is not 100%, but also that can be edited...

Also worth knowing, inside that insulated "tube" is a resistor, not just a electric or data conducting wire.

Greetz