Jalal Syed Posted August 5, 2014 Report Share Posted August 5, 2014 I have a r32 with a rb25det in it. I ran the car with the stock 25 ecu for two seasons. And now couple of weeks ago got the g4 put in as well as a tune with pretty descent numbers for a stock rb25(stock turbo). The car ran fine for 4 days, and then one day after the car sat for 5 hours at work, i went to start it and it barely revved up then just died. I tried again and it would try to keep idle, would hunt for couple of seconds then die again. started again and this time added some gas, my rpm was jumping all over the place at this point and the car was very rough. After keeping the car alive manually (adding some gas) after couple of mins it went back to its normal self...it idle was perfect and the car drove like a dream. The weird thing is it only happens when I leave the car out in the sun for more than 3 hours or so. When I leave the car parked in the garage in my house and start it the next day its fine. I can only seem to replicate this problem at work...Last time i started it after a 8 hour shift and i had to manually rev it for atleast 15 mins before the car settled down. The rpm gauge jumps everywhere and the car feels like its missing at random spots, my wideband numbers are all over the place too. I will try and make a video next time. I hooked up the laptop to it and only fault code is RPM limit activated, which i believe is caused by the jumping rpm gauge? The car has no vacuum leaks and is running copper plugs bcpr6es changed at last oil change. It runs and pulls fine otherwise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Posted August 6, 2014 Report Share Posted August 6, 2014 Hi Jalal Is it hot in the car when this happens (ECU likely to be warm too)? It sounds like it is having trigger problems. This could be a board issue that is only happening when it is warmer. Are you NZ based? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jalal Syed Posted August 6, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 6, 2014 hi simon, yes it is extremely hot in the car, like usually when the weather is around 26-30 degrees celsius. I am based in calgary canada. Got it tuned by autodream recently. Do you think the ecu is just getting hot? There is no other fault codes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Posted August 6, 2014 Report Share Posted August 6, 2014 If the ECU temp is getting over 70C then there is a good chance it is purely a temp issue and simply letting the ECU cool will help. If however the ECU is down around 50C it could indicate there is a hardware issue as the ECU should be happy up to around 60C Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jalal Syed Posted August 18, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 18, 2014 So far it hasnt done it any more since I have been cracking my windows and sunroof a bit when I park during a shift at work now. So it must be the ecu overheating. I do have a question though simon regarding a different matter, I will be doing a long 2500 km round trip journey with the car tomorrow. There is a elevation difference of roughly ~900 meters less in Vancouver (where I will be travelling to). Calgary is where I got my car tuned so will that elevation difference have a significant impact on my cars driving ability? As long as it coasts fine Thats all i really care for, I wont be racing anyone or going to the track there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Posted August 19, 2014 Report Share Posted August 19, 2014 Should be fine assuming it has been tuned using MGP for the main table. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fredrik Pettersson Posted August 19, 2014 Report Share Posted August 19, 2014 if the tuner (or you) active the cll(closed loop lambda) then you wont have to worry about anything Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jalal Syed Posted August 26, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 26, 2014 made the trip back, car did amazing on gas and ran like a champ for all 2700 kms Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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