Hey guys, new to the forum. Had a question for all of you. I want to put a tune on my 06 brm tdi. I am new with these tdi's and am thinking of doing a Malone stage 1 or 1.5 tune. With malone i can send in my ECU instead of paying money for their flashzilla v3. I am wondering, If I purchased an used ECU and sent that to them for tuning, could I replace my stock ECU with this used and newly tuned one? What sorts of issues could I run into while trying to do this? Also, given my engine has some miles on it, I want to do some "cheaper" mods on it without putting a lot of money into it. Any ideas would be great!
BRM Tune Idea
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Drunkaroos
Active member
I had no clue that you could just send in your ecu without getting flashzilla... you just saved me a lot of money.
In response to your question, there really shouldn't be too much of an issue with a used ecu as long as you get the right one for your engine code. I'm guessing you want to keep an extra stock one in case you don't like the tune or whatever.
Carlos_TJ
Veteran Member
Is the ecu linked to the car keys (immobilizer)?
Owain@malonetuning
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Yes. We also have rental tools available with a deposit, less than 80 bucks and no key coding required 
Ol'Rattler
Top Post Dawg
Here ya go:
http://www.tunemyeuro.com/malone-tuning-multi-tool-rental/
A lot of times when we try to "cheap out" we end up spending even more money. Ask me about garbage Chinese ball joints from O'Reilly's.
A different ECU could end up be being a coding night mere to get to working correctly. At the very least, you would have to deal with the immobilizer.
http://www.tunemyeuro.com/malone-tuning-multi-tool-rental/
A lot of times when we try to "cheap out" we end up spending even more money. Ask me about garbage Chinese ball joints from O'Reilly's.
A different ECU could end up be being a coding night mere to get to working correctly. At the very least, you would have to deal with the immobilizer.
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Vince Waldon
Top Post Dawg
Yah... rent the Flashzilla, don't buy it. Easy peasy, tuning the car is done in 5 minutes, no fussing with re-coding keys etc, as posted above.