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There not doing anything for free...just taking you for a jolly...
"We dont know whats wrong with this, lets change the fuel pump, nope thats not fixed it, lets change the injectors, nope, thats not fixed it either. Right, lets tell the customer there are problems with the ecu, that will give us time to change some more parts and try and figure out whats wrong, ohh thats it, its the FPR, just swap that out a minute, bill for an ecu to, job done. Excellent."
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sounds like someone fecked up changing the fuel filter or have you been running Morrisons diesel lately?
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Um, probably not what you want to hear, but a blocked fuel filter can cause these issues... 
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Shes got the car back, but the brake lights are stuck on... Why were they under there? Only the diag port is there isnt it?
Doesnt even own a 306.
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Yeah, brake light switch is buried, don't know how they could have knackered that. 
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Lol these people are getting weirder by the minute, they claimed the car wouldnt run with her ecu after they change hp pump, so they took her ecu off and put a 406 one on, so it could run and they gave the car back to her, they kept her ecu to do something to, and they are apparently putting it back in her car today, but the biggy is that she claims the car feels no slower with this ecu :/
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Just taking her for a ride....
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I would, giggidy.
I mean, but why would they do that? They're not charging her for any of it, they claim they're doing it as a favour lol :/
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Mehhh :/ thyre not like a back street dodgy place .. they've got a good name lol...
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doesn't the 406 have an IC? and wouldn't they of needed to swap the BSI as well (along with the key). If its a 406 BSI a) would it plug in? and b) does all the electrics inside work ok?
Not picking it apart, just interested what's happened.
As long as its running its removed the scrap value from the car....get in touch with pro steve and map her up.
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Maybe they fried the original ECU somehow and are trying to fix it so they don't have to pay for a new one. The 406 ECU would have to be unlocked to work on the 306 but if they're a PSA garage they probably have one spare just in case anything happens....
Does all seem a bit odd though!
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The ecu is back on n she's quicker again 
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All sorted then? What was the end total?
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Um yeah, 406 ecu swapped right over, i'm sure they wrote out the wg control so it didn't show the eml. And disabled all the immobiliser stuff, of course. Riiiiiigght...
Can anyone else smell that? Pigs maybe..? Or is it sheep...? Ah, no, that's it, bullshit!
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08-11-2013, 07:20 PM
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Sorry, that wasn't aimed at you at all, apologies if it came across like that. I was calling bullshit at the garage.
I'm just sick of seeing people taken for a ride by unscrupulous traders. They're relying on your lack of in-depth knowledge and feeding you complete nonsense to hide the fact they're charging you for stuff they don't need to, all because they don't know what the problem is. I mean what kind of garage keeps a spare, unlocked, converted ecu around just in case they get a car come in with a dead ecu - which incidentally is about a 1 in 5000 chance - so they can lend it out to customers so they get their car back for one day...? No business works like that, it's not feasible or prudent and it doesn't make business sense. Also, if they had to send it off to be fixed it would have taken at least 3 days to send to the specialist, be fixed, get returned and get refitted, but it only took them one day, so can't be that. So they must be fixing it on site, but then why are they f*cking about fitting another ecu when they could spend the same amount of time fixing your current one and have it back together the same day? None of it adds up, they're taking the piss, simple as. Severely angry on your behalf. 
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08-11-2013, 07:27 PM
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Butttt I didnt get charged ?? Lol
So y wuld they do it lol
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The fact that they havent charged you for it or put it on the invoice is also dodgy.
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And they specialise in Renault/peugeot/citroen :/ lol
Matey had a hdi 306 culd of he took my ecu to copy the remap once fidning out that it had been mapped? :/
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(08-11-2013, 07:32 PM)MissWoop Wrote: And they specialise in Renault/peugeot/citroen :/ lol
Matey had a hdi 306 culd of he took my ecu to copy the remap once fidning out that it had been mapped? :/
Possibly. But thats really cuntish lol.
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He could've copied the map in 5 minutes with a Galletto without removing the ECU if that was the case though lol.
Whatever has been done does seem odd lol. How much did it all cost in the end then?
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(08-11-2013, 07:45 PM)Toms306 Wrote: He could've copied the map in 5 minutes with a Galletto without removing the ECU if that was the case though lol.
Whatever has been done does seem odd lol. How much did it all cost in the end then?
Not if your retarded lol
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If I can do it, any other retard can. 
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Good point
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(08-11-2013, 01:41 PM)MissWoop Wrote: Mehhh :/ thyre not like a back street dodgy place .. they've got a good name lol...
Kwik fit have a good name, but still cost £420 for a tre, 2x budget tyres and disc n pads that wasn't even needed!
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Most garages have a good name because they talk nicely to customers, convince them the garage is on their side and know what they can get away with. Even when they do a bad job and take the piss, as often as not people will still talk about them in a positive manner because the chap at the front desk was nice and people don't like to be told they've been ripped off...
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09-11-2013, 08:36 AM
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Lop Iv got a itemised bill n ive been charged fairly for everything theyve done n their labour wasnt that expensive I justvthort it was weird they said shit about my ecu n I really think matey that did the work thats got a hdi copied my remap after finding out it had been mapped... its a pretty shit thing to do but it makes sence doesnt it ..............
N he gets a free remap outta it the lil jammy lady garden lol
Hence the reason 'it was a favour' n we all thort it was weird that I wasnt gettin charged for something that was guna get fixed ......
Annnnnd I dont think the boss man new about it cuz wen I went to pick it up n looked confused wen I said oh ive got my ecu n he looked at the lad n the lad said oh ill sort it in a min n went off n did something before actually sortin it lol ... I reckon the boss man was meana leave before the time they told me to go bak but for some reason he was still there... hmmmmm lol
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