audi s8 2000 ecu issues
11-08-2013, 07:51 AM
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audi s8 2000 ecu issues
Hello there i have an audi s8 but the gearbox was a goner so i had to change it i got one cheap off a friend but turned out that the eng/gearbox ecu didnt match any one got an idea where can i find a list for my gearbox/engine ecu matching list the car been limb for quite some times even the tires went dry my last resort is to change the engine ecu hence the gearbox is new .
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11-08-2013, 03:42 PM
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Assuming you got the correct gearbox, what's wrong with your old Transmission control Unit?
You see, Audi's use an awful lot of integration between their major electrical components including nearly all Control Units. What this means is that when you introduce a "foreign" control unit such as the one for your 'new' transmission, it needs to be 'introduced' to the ECU. It's called Adaption and is achieved through some software called VCDS.
As your ECU already 'knows' your old TCU, you should use your old TCU if there's nothing wrong with it.
You see, Audi's use an awful lot of integration between their major electrical components including nearly all Control Units. What this means is that when you introduce a "foreign" control unit such as the one for your 'new' transmission, it needs to be 'introduced' to the ECU. It's called Adaption and is achieved through some software called VCDS.
As your ECU already 'knows' your old TCU, you should use your old TCU if there's nothing wrong with it.
11-08-2013, 06:41 PM
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Assuming you got the correct gearbox, what's wrong with your old Transmission control Unit?
You see, Audi's use an awful lot of integration between their major electrical components including nearly all Control Units. What this means is that when you introduce a "foreign" control unit such as the one for your 'new' transmission, it needs to be 'introduced' to the ECU. It's called Adaption and is achieved through some software called VCDS.
As your ECU already 'knows' your old TCU, you should use your old TCU if there's nothing wrong with it.
You see, Audi's use an awful lot of integration between their major electrical components including nearly all Control Units. What this means is that when you introduce a "foreign" control unit such as the one for your 'new' transmission, it needs to be 'introduced' to the ECU. It's called Adaption and is achieved through some software called VCDS.
As your ECU already 'knows' your old TCU, you should use your old TCU if there's nothing wrong with it.
11-10-2013, 04:02 PM
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Interesting... Is it an AWD box? The BMW X5's and possibly Merc ML (and other "4matic" models) used the same gearbox back then and you may have one of them.
TozoM8 would be in a better position to answer this one, but if the TCU plugs or gearbox wiring is the same, there should be no reason you can't run that box.
TozoM8 would be in a better position to answer this one, but if the TCU plugs or gearbox wiring is the same, there should be no reason you can't run that box.
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