Hesitation / kangarooing when cold

not that happy about getting the dme reflashed with the latest version, just worry that the faceless suits somewhere deep inside the euopean parliament may have got there planet saving gresy mits on the soft ware and you could end up 150 bhp down,.....mark my words, look what happend to vacuum cleaners !!!!!! :rofl: :tumbleweed: :exitright:
 
There's no horses missing from mine after the flash. Can't say I've noticed much difference yet, but cold start up is a lot less tractor-like, runs much smoother almost from the off ; no hesitation / kangarooing, thus far. MPG can't comment yet. Could be placebo effect, but power delivery seems a bit smoother too, and I swear the 1-2 shift is less argumentative than before...
 
Bing said:
There's no horses missing from mine after the flash. Can't say I've noticed much difference yet, but cold start up is a lot less tractor-like, runs much smoother almost from the off ; no hesitation / kangarooing, thus far. MPG can't comment yet. Could be placebo effect, but power delivery seems a bit smoother too, and I swear the 1-2 shift is less argumentative than before...
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maybe worth a try then, how much did they charge for that reflash bing, and did it take long. i can see the cold start up, ican see the smoother running, i can see the power delivery, But, I cant see for the life of me the 1st to 2nd shift as i am unaware of any electronics in our gearboxes , that is surely a purely mechanical shift and i reckon you were just in the zone and shifting like a driving god :thumbsup:
 
'Shifting like a driving god' lol :lol:

I think having done a bit of DME reading, there is some form of control unit on the gear box, but I don't think it is part of the DME. So you must be right :thumbsup:

I'm afraid I don't know the cost yet (didn't ask) as the work on my car (lights - new stepper motors...) is not complete, and they don't take any money from me until it is. I know it took about an hour and a half to upload the software, 29 updates. Depends if yours have ever been updated or not I guess.
 
Happy with my update and think that it has been an improvement. I wasn't told how many individual update were involved but it did take them about an hour and a half, so possibly the same number as Bing if neither car had been updated from the original.

Best bit was that it was free. :D
 
Adam D said:
Its a bit grumpy from cold but soon sorts itself out. Always seemed worse for kangarooing on the reformulated vpower; does it very rarely on Tesco 99 or BP Ultimate.
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Maybe coincidence but ever since I switched from BP ultimate to V Power nitro - I have noticed a little kangarooing from cold. As mentioned clears out quickly. Might try some of the tesco stuff!
 
Now had a few days with using the car after the DME reflash and I must say that the car is much better to drive, no hesitation or surging. All good! :thumbsup:
 
dbarton62 said:
So far said:
This,
Even on the warmest days I like to warm my non m up before setting off
Oil temps above 120f and keep revs below 4,000 until oil is at 160f
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Our engines won't come to any harm from starting up & driving away straight away, as long as you don't thrash or labour it then no harm will occur, the full warming up procedure applies to f1 engines & the like but a production bmw engine is good to go.
Regards
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