hi all,

for another transplant adventure, I want to use an aj16 4.0 engine. Now I have done a transplant with an AJ6 beforet, but in this case, there is no room for the distributor so I thought I could better go for the aj16 as this one has coil on plug ignition.

however, the alarm for the aj16 is much more advanced. Is there a way to entirely delete the alarm from the aj16 ECU?

thanks already.

Wilfreds

 

If you use the ECU from a North America spec car it will not have the immobilizer that the rest of the world has, is that what you mean? You can run the ECU without the security module that way.

 

I am located in europe, the Netherlands so the donor car doesnt have American specs and does come with an alarm/immobilizer system. I have done an engine swap with an aj6 before, which didn't have any of this. But also with a 1998 VW diesel, which did come with immobilizer, and an transponder key etc but it was relatively easy to erase this from the ecu.

Now I wonder if it is possible to do this for the aj16 or to shortcut something maybe?

anything to have the AJ16 running without any security/alarm/immobilizer.

 

The only way to do that that I know of is to have the ECU from a US or Canadian market car. You might also contact XJREngineer on this forum, he can do some reprogramming of the ECU's, but I don't know if he can remove the immobilizer.

 

SWAP THE EPROMS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Just replace the EPROMS from the North American ECM and go on with your life.

TSB on how we did it 'back-in-the-day'.

 

Hi, that sounds good.

where to get the proper EPROMS though?

Anybody has thougts or suggestions on this?

 

What car is the engine from?
Find a North American model of the same make and type to get the ECM and use that or transfer the EPROMS.

 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/162399208...0AAOSwOgdYptrx

 

One problem I overlooked is the fact that the North American ECM EPROMS will not see cataverter monitors. (AKA downstream O2 sensors)

If they are not fitted, the O2 orientation will not complete and the ECM will log faults for the O2 sensors.

 

seems to be possible to remove it though!

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/162399208688

this is what I was looking for.

 

You could buy an ECU from USA or Canada for much less than that I would have thought? What is the original engine out of? If it has EGR I could probably source a suitable ECU for you.

 

ill give you mine for free. just pay shipping

 

Wow! sent you a pm.

 

I sent you a private message a while ago, have you read that? I'd love to get in touch.

I anybody else can help me out with a north american specced ecu, I'd be very happy as well!

 

Tornado Systems advertises that they can do alarm delete; https://www.tornadosystems.com/produ...-supercharged/

you need to send your ecu to them though.