miwt Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 Hi. Previously posted in the Tuning section, maybe incorrectly... I need help identifying a PCM and there's a photo of the tag attached. Its supposedly from a 2004 BA XR6 Turbo Manual Ute but I'm suspicious (Non factory screws holding it in, dubious car history including body repairs and no tags in door aperture.... ) and I can't connect to it with either PCMTec OR Forscan, either in or out of the car. Bench test wiring harness is proven. PCM does have the turbo connector populated; my question really is, if I were to source a suitable replacement PCM, would an ABU-214 suffice for this application? Car won't crank after being parked a few months ago. Battery good. Starter Good. Potential wiring issues but in trying to observe DTCs found this PCM appears to be suspect. Thanks in advance for any assistance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
05ENFORCER Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 (edited) Mostly typical. Early BA PCM's shit themselves or become corrupted by programmer. The reason PCMTEC cannot connect shoul;d steer you into throwing it in the bin. Edited February 13 by 05ENFORCER Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miwt Posted February 14 Author Share Posted February 14 Thanks for your reply and yep that's what I was thinking too. I was just asking about the ID because I'm not totally certain that this is a PCM from a Manual BA XR6 Turbo UTE; is there a way to tell from the tag in the photo? I'd hate to try and source an ABU-214 to replace it and find its the wrong one. Do you know if there is a better PCM to use from a later model and how it's identified? Oh. and as I expected, tear tags are gone from the body too... I'm picking I'll go and find another ute and see whats in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
05ENFORCER Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 PCMTEC has a calibration tools tab that should let you determine which PCM that is. ABU-214 32HE says it might be a turbo PCM in the list ABU-244 are an expensive item Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miwt Posted February 14 Author Share Posted February 14 Thanks heaps for this. I looked everywhere for some kind a guide including in PCM Tec Calibration tools. I believe that list might only be available in the Workshop Version (I have the Pro... I perhaps should've mentioned that; apologies) as it doesn't appear as an option under my calibration tools tab. I think you have given me exactly what I need to proceed though, so thanks again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
05ENFORCER Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 (edited) Tear Tag ABU-214 32HE says it is a BA auto sedan, it doesn't actually say it is turbo in the list but it is grouped in the same area Tear Tag ABU-214 32HH says it is a BA turbo auto sedan Edited February 14 by 05ENFORCER Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miwt Posted February 14 Author Share Posted February 14 You legend. This is interesting... The owner of the car has said that its always run badly with some kind of hesitation in power delivery. Do you think an auto PCM in a manual car could contribute to this or similar? Are PCMs transmission specific or is that dependent on strategy? It would not surprise me at all if this PCM has appeared from another car without any thought given to this stuff. Thanks for spending some of your time on this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
05ENFORCER Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 (edited) I am only a beginner mate, Roland@pcmtec is the guru, he will know if they are compatible. I did read somewhere that there are differences between the PCM's Edited February 14 by 05ENFORCER Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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