never a walk in the park with a vehicle that has 245.000kms
Fuel Trims Are Adding Fuel As The System Is Running Lean
Conduct Road Test And Found That The Fuel Trims Are Causing The Check Engine Light To Come On
The Fuel Trims Are Suspect That The Systems Has Air Leaks Of Air Flow Meter Fault It Also Shows That There Is A Fuel Delivery Problem
Disconnect Fuel Lines And Connect A Fuel Pressure Gauge
Found Fuel Pressure Is Solid At 300kpa, Slightly Lower Than Expected We Noted That Autodata Says(spec Is 300-350kpa) This Is Correct
The Same Engine In An Aurion Is 350-400kps Specification
So A Little Low There,
Cleaned Air Flow Meter And Fuel Trims Have Come Down From +35% To +20%
Carried Out A Throttle Body Clean And Upper Cylinder Clean
Put In Some Lifter Free Into The Oil Ass The Idle Has Slightly Unstable Carried Out Cranking Compression Test And Showed With Tolerance,
After Some Time Running The Vehicle The Fuel Trims Have Come Down To +10% To +15%
Getting Closer When Accelerating The Engine It Felt Sluggish,
So An Air Mass Meter Was Purchased And Installed (after Market ) It Was Found That The Fuel Trims Where In Fact Worse, So The After Market Crap Unit Was Sent Back And A Genuine Unit Was Installed!!
At Last The Fuel Trims And Acceleration Was Back Fuel Trims Average At +3% Mark
Drove The Vehicle Home 35 Min Drive And The Vehicle Felt Sluggish Again, Tested The Fuel Trims To See If Any Changes And Found That Fuel Trims Had Gone Worse Than Ever Back To +44% A Fuel Trims and Air Flow Meter Test Was Done Again And Only The Fuel Delivery Side Was Bad
Remove The Seat And Gained Access To The Fuel Pump And Found The Pre Filter Had A Layer Of Mud And Pet Hair,cleaned The Pre filter And Washed The Fuel Pump Bowl Refitted To Vehicle And Test Driven Again For The 35 Mins And Found The Vehicle Is Now Free From Errors, And All Power Is Restored At 200 hp
First thing to note if its a Series 1 it stays series 1
if its a series 2 keep it a series 2,
do your other mods after the initial conversion – or plan ahead.
These are some of the things you may need and need to know
VE Series 1 modules are not security programmed and will not need to be unprogrammed or unlinked to reprogram (unlike Holden Cruze)
TIP and tricks I’ve learned along the way
******Check all Hardware will match first******
******Check all Software Calibrations – will match what you want to do****
****** Dont Buy a cluster or have it programmed by the EBAYers – only half a job going on here – if you knew enough you wouldn’t have to ask them to do it******
****** Pick a vin with the same stuff apart from engine and transmission – Body Ute, wagon, sedan easier to pick the same one******
There is no way yet to extract the Security PIN CODE from any module (there are bypasses available)
Starting the Process
- Flash PCM/ Engine ECU to manual (you have a guy to tune your ride) (code Manual Vin – easier) (you can have security turned off) (no need to Pin code unless programming remotes/keys) There is no way yet to extract PIN CODE
- Flash BCM to manual (use SPS)
- Flash EBCM/ABS to manual (use SPS with manual Vin
- Reconfigure instrument to manual (use Tech2)
- Bypass auto trans computer (connect green & White CAN Wires)
- Fit clutch start wiring (plugs in below cluster)
- Fit reverse switch wiring and reverse lockout wiring (wiring diagram below)
1. Flashing The Engine ECU /PCM
Get a tuner to do the programming and remove security so the engine will start and you can drive it to workshop to continue the rest.
2. Flash BCM to manual
Programming the BCM
Important: The vehicle will not start and many other functions may not operate correctly if a replacement BCM is not correctly
set up. The following procedures must be followed:
- The BCM reprogramming – refer to Service Programming System (SPS). making it a manual with a manual VIN
- Brake pedal position sensor (BPPS) learn.
- Program SDM primary key to BCM.
Important: After the procedure is completed, the personalization settings of the BCM are set to default settings. Inform the
customer that the personalization must be set again.
TIPS
The Bcm can be removed and VIN Number can be changed manually
3. Flash ABS/EBCM To Manual
If all your hardware is the same change the Vin and program to manual vin
4. Reconfigure instrument to manual (use Tech2)
Programming Features with Tech2
There a 4 basic types of VE cluster types A, B, C & D (‘D’ being the SS)
Instrument Cluster differences in Series 1 VE and Series 2 VE
– Cluster VE s1 White back on cluster (made by different manufacturer)
– Cluster VE s2, black on the back of cluster
Not interchangeable if you need to carry out programming SPS (can be modded later)
** Instrument configuration will not work if the EBCM and IPC do not have the Right coding to start with**
5. Bypass auto trans computer (connect green & White CAN Wires)
You have either cut the wires out or done a harness swap make sure the green and white wire goes to the obd2 port in series
VE s1 diagram
(cant be certain VE2 is exactly the same, no wiring diagram){so we will have to say that there is different versions/changes based on model level}
VF Diagram
7. Fit reverse switch wiring and reverse lockout wiring (wiring diagram below)
Little Extras for the VE
Engineering Mode,
Engineering Mode entered, by switching the ignition on while pressing the ENTER button.
- software version
- g Part number
- battery voltage
- remaining Fuel (Lts)
- Instantaneous Fuel (Lts)
- Coolant Temperature
- Speed (km/h)
- Tacho (rpm)
- Tyre Pressure
- Engine Oil Life (%)
- Park Lamps (on/off)
- Steering wheel switch Voltage
- Display of Gears (commanded)
- Throttle Position Requested (Pedal %)
- Transmission Sump Temperature (C)
- Self Test
Initial Repairs to vehicle
So your typical commodore having the fault light on and P0009: Engine position sensor bank 2 fault is displayed,
Read Morethe 2 fault codes present every time after we scanned this vehicle was
Engine ECU
p0850 – Park/neutral signal Circuit Incorrect.
Audio System
(fixed this one too)
B101d-3c – Ecu, Hardware Performance fault.
Time to get out the workshop manual and start testing the circuits.
we did find a few things online that did not mean much at the time but might help down the track
Diagnostic Trouble Code Results for B101D for the Holden Commodore (VE) Eed  Diagnostic Trouble Code: B101D Diagnostic Trouble Code Name: ECU Hardware Vehicle Make: Holden Vehicle Model: Commodore (VE) Diagnostic Code Entered By: ZerOne Diagnostic Code Entered On: Wed Oct 06, 2010 11:00 pm Please Note: The DTC Information provided has been randomly generated. To view the correct Diagnostic Code Information, Please Login, or Register. Diagnostic Trouble Code Description: Throttle position sensor (TP1) out of self-test range. Possible Module Faults Accelerator pressed during self-test when not required. (Possible cause, driver pressing throttle at or just after key-on.) |
none of the above was the fault,
after seeing the vehicle week after week, when the vehicle was playing up the throttle was removed and it was found that the throttle blade was sticking, removed and cleaned out the pivots and flushed with carby cleaner,
refitted to vehicle and it has not played up since,
so dont worry about the fault codes they have nothing to do with it, just a dirty throttle in the pivot bushes, so removed the throttle body and clean properly and you will find it works better.
We have started to collaborate live data sets and possible control unit resets to vehicles as there is just too many variants in vehicles these days, and the live data at idle varies between models,
AVAILABLE CONTROL MODULES
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Ford Falcon body control modules FG1 & FG2
A vehicle came in this week and BCM replaced with new unit supplied from ford, a local locksmith had carried out key programming and parameter reset, got the vehicle started (cool)
Post starting the vehicle, the vehicle locks did not work correctly and the BCM configuration thought it was a 4wd and a wagon ( no way)
1. the door ajar switch is open when door closed and closed when door open.
so the BCM is wired differently or opposite in the FG2 Compared with the FG1
Commodore as notorious for leaking every where in the A/C system, many times it can be found by green dry leaking oil and giving a witness mark where to find the leak
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