Ever since I got it back, it seems like the yo-yo is back a bit. Could be my imagination.

Is there a way to tell whether the dealer overwrote my ECU? They didn't do a software upgrade (or at least they didn't tell me they did). Any easy way to tell? Or should I just upload the tuner file again?

 

take it up to redline and see if it has been reduced. I doubt that they just programmed your dme. Without a line on the repair order or warranty clearance, It would only waste the tech's time and neither the dealer or tech would get paid for it.

How do you like your tuner file? I just sent out my files to upgrade from standard.

 

You can use cartune to compare the mth file on your computer with your car ecu. Its one of those little buttons beside upload.

 

Tuner file is GREAT! Couldn't be happier.

 

I'm sure you'll love it!! I had almost every MTH file versions since they started doing MINI, and the Tuner (latest version) is really the best one available!

It pulls strong and powerful through all the "RPM-range"!

 

i want the tuner one, how can i get it and how much is it?

 

http://www.mthusa.com/
This is where I got my MTH tuner

 

A couple of times when I took my Cooper in, the service dept updated my ECU without telling me. It was stated on the service ticket that I got in the mail a couple of days after I picked up my car. I finally convinced them to tell me whenever they decided to do that. They only did it a couple of times, but it sure makes it inconvenient to have to run down an agent again with a cable and a laptop. Now that I have an "S", I've got my own cable and laptop, so I can stay on top of this stuff better. As for the MTH Tuner, love it, love it, love it!

 

the tuner file changes the redline? To what? I tried taking it up to redline after I got it and it was the same

 

Rev limiter is bumped up to 7200 on the MCS. I have tuner on both of ours and love it. I've done the tuner version for about 30 other MINIs and every one of them feels the same way about the latest version.

 

took it up to redline today, definately wasn't 7200....did I do something wrong in uploading the software?

 

ok i have to know is 'redline' were the redlines on the tach start? becuase mine is i think a little before 7k, and if you get a higher redline does it change on tach?

 

on stock redline is where the redlines start on the tach but after mth upload the lines dont change because they are lit up by little led's. Youd have to change the led's to get the lines to change, which looks cool but from what i understand is quite the process.

 

i see so kinda pointless as long as the driver knows what the car can do right......
but i've always been one to know exactly what is happing and how things are goning in my cars.

 

What Mr. Npartist said in post #3 works well. I too was unsure after a dealer visit but a quike comparison did the trick and reasured me all was well.