eddieleephd
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If you have the tuner with both, stock and oem tunes, you can revert for the dealer and switch back when you get the car back.
Just trying to understand tunes and what they do.European and North America motors and ECUs have many differences. Tuning boxes/piggy back systems do not work as advertised or compare to ECU tunes either, we have tested them and if it was that simple we'd have something on the market. Anyone can draw a dyno graph, it's rare we see a product perform as advertised on the dyno and the only one that has for a piggy back system was burger tuning's 1.8T JB1 box. Very impressive work from that crowd as usual. They work by falsifying data outputs to your ECU, so your safety features and limiters will not work as intended from factory. Why risk dealing with a foreign company that's unfamiliar with your vehicle when you can drive into a shop that works on them regularly and have the flash done in person?
If you have the tuner with both, stock and oem tunes, you can revert for the dealer and switch back when you get the car back.
Just to give you an idea how this car performs on an accurate dyno. Really impressed with this motor, only 15HP or so down from a stage 2+ MK6 GTI (both ours and competitors). I had some tuned EA288 comparisons too, but some competitors might try to use that data against us. Meanwhile I couldn't get a full throttle run in 4th from 1600-redline without hitting the EGT limiter and bogging out on their fileAhh that makes sense, knowing that the overboost protection will also be skewed.
As a 1.8t gen 3 owner I've heard great things, being cheap, and warranty friendly is big plus.
Yes, unless bench flashed with anti tamper screw removal, then reinstalling new screws and making sure it all looks proper, the dealership will be able to tell the car has been modified. If you're not buddy buddy with your service manager, it might be best to leave the car alone. We use the same tools as our competitors so they are not immune either.Doesn't the ECU show how many times it has been flashed? Or does the counter reset with a bench flash? Wouldn't the service dept. be able to tell that the ECU has been taken out?
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I have a 15 gsw/fix and went with Kerma back in July, had a very slight mpg improvement but not much. Recently though they have been working more and more on their tune and now I am getting at least 15% increase in mpg. I drive like an ******* and am getting 480 miles per tank, on their first release I was managing 400-415. First version was in the summer and now it is winter in chicago so I expect over 500 in the summer. Seems like they have been tweaking the post injection while cruising since they figured out how to get calculated DPF load to be more realistic with actual load. I now go over 450 miles between regens instead of 250 post fix.So my 2014 Passat tdi got blown away in a 2015 tornado and I just got my first 2015 tdi gsw post dieselgate. Doesn’t seem like the mileage I was getting in the passat.
Looking for an eco tune and not set on doing a dpf delete just yet unless I have some code issues with the system. Would the stage 2 Malone and dsg sound like a solid option for this car to increase eco?
In dallas, not many tuning options for diesels around here. Non regulated diesel emission state too.
I have a 15 gsw/fix and went with Kerma back in July, had a very slight mpg improvement but not much. Recently though they have been working more and more on their tune and now I am getting at least 15% increase in mpg. I drive like an ******* and am getting 480 miles per tank, on their first release I was managing 400-415. First version was in the summer and now it is winter in chicago so I expect over 500 in the summer. Seems like they have been tweaking the post injection while cruising since they figured out how to get calculated DPF load to be more realistic with actual load. I now go over 450 miles between regens instead of 250 post fix.
I have two different tune files, I prefer their 1+ tune which is much more aggressive WOT so it cuts fuel earlier due to EGT but I like to have the short punchy burst instead of going full throttle from 0-100.
I concur! Jeff is the best!Many of the tuners do those cars. Rocketchip is one. I've had very good results with him...including 2015 cars.
You've got mailHow recent did they update their tune? I would love a little more MPG. I did my tune in May.
Got it! Excellent customer service.You've got mail
lol, that was awesome. It would be amazing if you guys had some sort of blog/news link on your site so we could tell when you have made changes to specific engine tunes so we don't need to email you all the time to see if there are any updates. Awesome though that you are so active on the forums that you spot a "wonder if kerma has a new file?" post and send them an update minutes later haha.You've got mail
Owain,Haven't had any problems with post "fix" cars, tuning them daily.
DSG tunes definitely liven the car up and raise the torque limiter, but it's not as intrusive as on the earlier motors. DSG tuning can only be done with the KessV2 through the transmission port located under the air box. We can rent those out for those in remote areas.
I have 50k miles on my deleted '15, 70k total miles. Zero issues. If you're not keen on keeping the warranty, there's nothing to worry about.How is the reliability with the Stg 2 tune with the full delete, will probably go with a Rawtek exhaust as well and the DSG tune? I drive 50 miles one way to work and want to keep a reliable daily driver. Thanks for any help you can offer.
Rick
Owain,
How is the reliability with the Stg 2 tune with the full delete, will probably go with a Rawtek exhaust as well and the DSG tune? I drive 50 miles one way to work and want to keep a reliable daily driver. Thanks for any help you can offer.
Rick
Haven't had any problems at all, these motors are pretty stout and with the stock turbo they aren't really trying. With deletes the DSG will probably need to be tuned, or lower RPM torque limited.
TB change 35k miles early?My 2011 Jetta iis in at the dealer getting the "fix," as well as the timing belt changed. 85k miles. It's a 6M, and I wondered which Malone tune would be best.
Also, if I take the car into a tuner close to me that does them, how long should I expect it to take?
45k early actually. But I'm sure the dealership was happy to oblige .TB change 35k miles early?
Having your own tool you can go back to stock, as I may have to do when taking the car back to the dealer for the Phase 2 this year.With Malone or Kerma, I'd spend the $170+ for the hand held tuner, its kind of worth it IMO.
which hand held device are you talking in particular? i want it tooI even flashed back to stock for the free 10K oil change on VWoA dime, figure it couldn't hurt.