I didn't really see much info on this while searching the forums. Some people seemed to talk about it but there was no straight answer. So I'm making a post to start some discussion.
My story. Last year after being tuned for a year my ecu failed. I needed the car so I just paid for a new ecu and have been running that since. I sent my old ecu to apr they repaired it and sent it back to me. I asked apr if I could just reinstall the ecu, they didn't have a solid answer for me.
So now I'm starting to feel like I want the tune back again. Today I went to the dealer to have some work done on the car. I asked about reinstalling the ecu and they said 1/2 hour to put it in and it should just work. The tech said that as long as the ecu hasn't been flashed again it should work without reprogramming the immobilizer. This shop is fairly mod friendly even thought they don't flash cars in the shop.
Once the weather here gets nicer I'm going to try doing it. Just posting this up so others can hopefully find the information easily. I'll update once I do the swap.
My story. Last year after being tuned for a year my ecu failed. I needed the car so I just paid for a new ecu and have been running that since. I sent my old ecu to apr they repaired it and sent it back to me. I asked apr if I could just reinstall the ecu, they didn't have a solid answer for me.
So now I'm starting to feel like I want the tune back again. Today I went to the dealer to have some work done on the car. I asked about reinstalling the ecu and they said 1/2 hour to put it in and it should just work. The tech said that as long as the ecu hasn't been flashed again it should work without reprogramming the immobilizer. This shop is fairly mod friendly even thought they don't flash cars in the shop.
Once the weather here gets nicer I'm going to try doing it. Just posting this up so others can hopefully find the information easily. I'll update once I do the swap.
