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kasandrich · 12-24-2006, 06:10 PM

There are various tuning ptions to get a few more horses from your Sorento diesel.

Try Googling "diesel tuning"

The basic options are plug in units or remapping your ECU, I think remapping the ECU is probably the best, but the plug in option is removable without trace, which you may wish to do in relation to warranty or insurance.

I bought one, it was quite a lot of money, I think £3-400, but the power increase was definitely noticable, solo and towing.

.....However, I had no trouble with it for ages, but when on holiday fully laden and on the M4 in Wales, the engine just cut out completely, this was quite scary, but the engine restarted okay and went another 5 miles before doing the same! At which point I unplugged it and it has remained unplugged since september. I spoke to the supplier who said it was system overload and I could and should change the settings on the unit to back off the power a little.

Basically the plug in units intercept the signals from the sensor on the common rail, and send altered signals to the ECU, as I understand it, this makes the ECU up the pressure from the pump.

12-24-2006, 06:10 PM	#4 (permalink)
kasandrich Newbie Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Braintree, Essex, UK Posts: 19 Drives: Sorento, Picanto, Fazer 1000 Gallery: 0	There are various tuning ptions to get a few more horses from your Sorento diesel. Try Googling "diesel tuning" The basic options are plug in units or remapping your ECU, I think remapping the ECU is probably the best, but the plug in option is removable without trace, which you may wish to do in relation to warranty or insurance. I bought one, it was quite a lot of money, I think £3-400, but the power increase was definitely noticable, solo and towing. .....However, I had no trouble with it for ages, but when on holiday fully laden and on the M4 in Wales, the engine just cut out completely, this was quite scary, but the engine restarted okay and went another 5 miles before doing the same! At which point I unplugged it and it has remained unplugged since september. I spoke to the supplier who said it was system overload and I could and should change the settings on the unit to back off the power a little. Basically the plug in units intercept the signals from the sensor on the common rail, and send altered signals to the ECU, as I understand it, this makes the ECU up the pressure from the pump. Last edited by kasandrich : 12-24-2006 at 06:14 PM.