jhumph88

I'm strongly considering doing an ECU upgrade for my '14 3.0 TDI. I'm at 53k miles, out of warranty, and after the crash and buying the new car it's sort of become my "beater" as bad as that sounds! I'm very interested in the APR chip- reasonably priced and there are two installers very close to me. My only concerns are the added strain on the transmission and potential complications with the AdBlue system. Being a diesel, I am confident the engine itself won't have trouble, but it's the other parts that I'm concerned about. Has anyone done this upgrade? Any advice or input is appreciated! (I did skim the forum, forgive me if I missed anything!)

skl1

I wondered about the blue-spark upgrade. It is distal to the ECU and seems to be a simple plug and play with some adjustability. Sold by a company in UK...

truwarrior22

These vehicles use ZF 8 speed transmissions. I have a suspicion that the 2.0, 3.0 supercharged , and 3.0 diesel turbo all use the same general transmission but use slightly different components for the needed torque load. This is why ZF has a 8HP45, 8HP50, 8HP55. It appears they number at the end determines how much torque the transmission can handle. I'm curious if your able to determine what the model number of the transmission is in the 3.0 turbo diesel. Anyways, if you stay under the rated torque you would be ok.

KSA63

Malone Stage 2 with or without exhaust modifications is the way to go. I'm pleased with it.

DanMontgomery

I put a Chipwerke Pro in mine. Had it there about 2 months now. Been real happy with it. Took me a bit to get the setting right but very happy with it.

I think it is a bit cheaper than an ECU tune. Plus, it is removable and untraceable.

Took me about 10 minutes to install it (5 minutes to figure out where I wanted to mount it).

Been getting around 29 -31 mpg, and a real noticeable difference in power.

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Dan

ParadigmDawg

Are you 100% certain that Audi can't trace that it was installed? I would like to try it in my leased TDI.

Goas123

What settings are you using?

DanMontgomery

Paradigm,

I haven't tested it yet....Chipwerke clams it is untraceable. It just plugs into the fuel rail, so I can see how it would be. My 25K service is coming up soon. Well let you know.

Goas123,

I ended up at the 2 F setting. For the newer clean diesels, you have to order a Q7 module. It comes with it set at 5 F. It kept giving me a check engine light. The Chipwerke technical support rep told me to change it to 1 F, I did. Then start experimenting with the setting. After about a month, found that 2 F seems to work the best, without throwing any codes.

Plan on doing a "HOW TO" / Advice / Review of the product (with a lot of pictures) and what I experience at each of the setting....soon as I finish remodeling my bathroom.

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Dan

ParadigmDawg

Please let me know as I really want to try it.