Hi guys!
I work at a university in Norway. Here we are planning to build a engine test facility. It is supposed to be used for emission research and student demonstrations.
And therefore i have bought a OM613 engine from a E320cdi -2000.
It's supposed to run against a water brake (without a transmission) and controlled/monitored from a computer.
The problem is to get it to start! I have the electronic key and electronic unit. But when i asked bosch, they said that without the transmission, the engine won't start. So i did a research on ECU flashing, and was told by editecu.com to buy Galletto flasher and send the ECU data to them for reprogramming.
Bought the ECU flasher, but it did not communicate with the ECU To be sure the ECU was actually working, i tested with ProScan (which i had experience with from before) and managed to read the throttle position, MAF, MAP and so on.
I got another suggestion from ecuedit.com that i should open the ECU and then connect a pin on the flash to ground, to force some boot-mode or something. No luck.
Got in contact with a guy that offered to come and watch my setup, but got an e-mail a little later when he had done some research, and told me that the immobilizer is fucking with me since i dont have the instrument cluster.
Does anyone have a solution for this problem? De-solder the flash and buy another flasher tool? Or is an aftermarket ECU the only solution?