EcuTek How the system Works

[Sleepyyysam]

My OFT wont write to the ecu so I am assuming that means that the ECU is locked. My question is if I borrow someone dongle and cable can I see if it is locked with ECUtek or will it not tell me? Sorry if this is a dumb question I am just trying to figure out the most cost effective way to tune my vehicle at this point.


If it was ECUtek then would it be possible for me to just keep using the license married to my ecu?

[tomm.brz]

yes you can can check, plug in ecutek cable, run ProEcu on windows' laptop and do Tools, detect vehicle, query ecu
it will say directly if you a licence

to let oft flash, you need to flash a stock tune from ecutek database, but you will loose your ecutek licence forever, once you flash with oft

[Sleepyyysam]

Originally Posted by tomm.brz

yes you can can check, plug in ecutek cable, run ProEcu on windows' laptop and do Tools, detect vehicle, query ecu
it will say directly if you a licence

to let oft flash, you need to flash a stock tune from ecutek database, but you will loose your ecutek licence forever, once you flash with oft

Awesome, thank you for explaining this to me!

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[steve99]

Originally Posted by Sleepyyysam

Awesome, thank you for explaining this to me!

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Most cars with ecutek tunes will jave multi maps.


With engigne runing and cruise control switched off, try pulling cruise stalk towards you if taco jusps to 1000,2000,3000, or 4000 then yoh have ecutek multi map tune.


You ecu may also have been tuned with brzedit

[Sleepyyysam]

Originally Posted by steve99

Most cars with ecutek tunes will jave multi maps.


With engigne runing and cruise control switched off, try pulling cruise stalk towards you if taco jusps to 1000,2000,3000, or 4000 then yoh have ecutek multi map tune.


You ecu may also have been tuned with brzedit

Wow it did jump! Good to know. So should my next step be to order a cable and dongle to retain the ecutek tune?

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[steve99]

Originally Posted by Sleepyyysam

Wow it did jump! Good to know. So should my next step be to order a cable and dongle to retain the ecutek tune?

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Good news is yes you have ecutek licience worth $300 in ecu and its reusable.


And yes you could buy ecutek cable\dongle kit and reuse licience.


Bad news is you dont know what the tune is set up for and whats on the up to 4 maps.


And ecutek has no READ facility so you cannot read out and inspect the current tune

[Sleepyyysam]

Originally Posted by steve99

Good news is yes you have ecutek licience worth $300 in ecu and its reusable.


And yes you could buy ecutek cable\dongle kit and reuse licience.


Bad news is you dont know what the tune is set up for and whats on the up to 4 maps.


And ecutek has no READ facility so you cannot read out and inspect the current tune

Well then lol. What do you suggest ? If I buy a whole new license will it rewrite the tune so that I can set what I want?


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[steve99]

Originally Posted by Sleepyyysam

Well then lol. What do you suggest ? If I buy a whole new license will it rewrite the tune so that I can set what I want?


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You dont need new licience, they are reusable and embedded in ecu.


You will need cable kit ie cable and dongle.


Then a tune, if your csr is NA can help you out with ecutek tune


Then you can just sell oft they hold value pretty well

[itsaBRZ]

Hi All,

I recently purchased a used EcuTek Pro kit that included the cable and usb dongle.

How can I check if this has already been flashed to the previous owner's car? I want to check/verify this before I go ahead and purchase a new EcuTek license.

Please help, I've tried searching the forums and couldn't find an answer! Thanks in advance.

[CSG Mike]

Originally Posted by itsaBRZ

Hi All,

I recently purchased a used EcuTek Pro kit that included the cable and usb dongle.

How can I check if this has already been flashed to the previous owner's car? I want to check/verify this before I go ahead and purchase a new EcuTek license.

Please help, I've tried searching the forums and couldn't find an answer! Thanks in advance.

download the software and run ecutek update and license updates.

[steve99]

Originally Posted by itsaBRZ

Hi All,

I recently purchased a used EcuTek Pro kit that included the cable and usb dongle.

How can I check if this has already been flashed to the previous owner's car? I want to check/verify this before I go ahead and purchase a new EcuTek license.

Please help, I've tried searching the forums and couldn't find an answer! Thanks in advance.

Also run query ecu on your car to see if it has kicience in ecu

[itsaBRZ]

Originally Posted by steve99

Also run query ecu on your car to see if it has kicience in ecu

Hi Steve & Mike,

I ran the ECU update and License update on my vehicle. I then did the Query ECU as suggested and it says Licenses in ECU (No licenses present in ECU).

Does that mean I need to purchase a new license for my ECUtek kit? Thanks, V.

[itsaBRZ]

Originally Posted by CSG Mike

download the software and run ecutek update and license updates.

Hi Mike,

After trying what you said - I get the message of "0 flash points currently on license key".

Does that mean it has already been flashed to the previous owner's car?

Thanks.

[steve99]

Originally Posted by itsaBRZ

Hi Mike,

After trying what you said - I get the message of "0 flash points currently on license key".

Does that mean it has already been flashed to the previous owner's car?

Thanks.

Checking licience info on ecutek software tells you if your dongle id has any flash points or licience left on the dongle id.


Doing a query ecu on the ecu in a car tell you if the ecu in that vehicle has a licience\flash points in ecu.


If ecu has licience\flash points then you can flash that ecu, you dont nedd licience \flash points on dongle id.


If you jad points on dongle id then you can flash a ecu with no licience.