apexi ecu

[woolley bully]

hey all i got myself a apexi fc for my fd 96reg  ...it came from wgt ..i plugged it in an ran the car , the car starts ok but cuts out after a few seconds .. the car drives ok but whe i come to stop the car cuts out again  ,,as far as i know it was base mapped before it was sent from wgt,, is there anything i can do to adjust anything or is it a case of a remap ?? cheers all for any info

[wolfie1]

you have done the procedure for when you first plug in the apexi? if you have it sounds like a fault with your idle control

[woolley bully]

what procedure is that ? ..an i have put the stock ecu back on and the car runs fine again on the stock ecu ..cheers

[Kriss]

what procedure is that ? ..an i have put the stock ecu back on and the car runs fine again on the stock ecu ..cheers

You have to do it with cold car.

First of all: adjust the screw under the throttle body, turn it all the way in (clockwise), then reopen it about 1/2-3/4 of a turn (anticlockwise)

Then turn on the car with all electricl sistem off.
Run at idle for 10 minutes, then switch A/C on at max, run for then minutes, then switch off A/C and switch on the rear windows defrot, run if for 10 minutes.
Switch the car off and you\'re done, PowerFC has adjusted himself in a safe map...

[woolley bully]

wow ..well i didnt know that :-0 ...an after i do all that do i need to touch the screw on the tb again ? ..an the car will run a safe map even with wgt base map  ?    cheers for your help
:cheers

[Kriss]

1) no, you don\'t touch that screw anymore
2) this is the procedure to make a base, safe map. Before doing this you have to reset the ECU, so you\'ll lost the WGT map.

[woolley bully]

Ok cheers ... How do I reset the ecu then ? Cheers

[woolley bully]

Ok cheers ... How do I reset the ecu then ? Cheers