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MalteseRover



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silly questoin about battery and ECU
Do remaps/programs on ECU fail or get lost if you disconnect the battery or if it fails ?
someone told me that a dead battery affects memory on ECU?
The land rover i viewed in malta had a dead battery on, but speedo still showed the mileage.

thanks
joseph
Post #258570 14th Aug 2013 10:12am
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diesel_jim



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No, the ECU file is stored in the ECU and doesn't disappear if the battery is disconnected (although, thinking out loud, I wonder how long it would stay there, or if the ECU has a battery inside it....)

the speedo mileage is held in a processor that has bytes erased in it, to show the current figure, so that won't erase, but the trip is held by the vehicle battery, so that will reset to 0 if the battery is disconnected.
Post #258586 14th Aug 2013 11:28am
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MalteseRover



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HI

well the land rover in question has been sat there for a lot of time, (that white one i linked over here still thinking of trying a test drive if still there Rolling Eyes )

When you refer to trip - does it mean a trip meter? i don't think it had on the speedo - just recorded mileage (unless found on ecu.)

thanks joseph
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johnnyd



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The MAP or fuel file is probably held in NVM (non volatile memory) so a power loss should not affect it at all .....otherwise there might be a lot of 'dead' Defenders around........... Big Cry

JD 2008 TDCi 2.4 XS CSW
Post #258657 14th Aug 2013 5:26pm
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MalteseRover



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your comment makes sense. funny i cannot remember who told me so...

probably i was talking to a td5 about avoiding fires by doing a battery isolator in periods of not use but he told me it might cause problems to ecu.

cheers all

joseph Razz
Post #258684 14th Aug 2013 8:45pm
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jimbob7



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I have never seen a manufacturer state that long term storage would cause problems with an ECU, as it's very common to park a motorbike up for 6 months in the winter with the battery in the house on trickle charge,it's normal for the ECU to re-adjust slightly once the engine is re-started.I had a KTM motorbike and I think Corsa's that once engine is re-started (after battery disconnection) do not use the throttle for 10-15 minutes,to allow ECU to adjust.
And you don't lose the information on a flash drive when it's not being used.
Post #258685 14th Aug 2013 8:48pm
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