Does anyone know of any software out there yet to reflash the stock ecu?

 

None at the moment.

 

Other than the flash for the SC nothing is available. What exactly are you trying to do?

 

How long does it take to reflash the ecu on newly installed S/C?

 

Only takes about 30 minutes.

 

Dude from what my service advisor told me they were having a hard time doing the reflash on my car and that is why its taking them so long to install in my car. Well anyways I got my car back last nite and the S/C pretty sweet it pulls so much harder. Looks like they took my car for a joy ride though because they put 32 mile when i dropped it off tuesday.

 

Or just testing to see that it doesn't explode under load at WOT.

Common practice.

 

Maybe they didn't really have the reflash tool. I know there are tons of people that think they have a tool that will "WORK" and then find out they don't know as much as they thought they did.

It's fairly straight foward if you follow the instructions. Are you sure they actually did the reflash?? If they didn't they're going to be buying you as new engine and S/C.

Now when I said 30 minutes that includes the time it take to remove the ECU, flash it, and put it back in the car. I would double check with the dealer and make 100% sure they did have that tool.

 

When I flashed my ecm it took 5 minutes tops to actually write. I got the ecm out in about 5-10 minutes. Its a very simple procedure.

 

Ok, I just spoke w/ the tech who did the install for my S/C and sales person from the parts dept. confirmed that they do have the tool.

I think service advisor did'nt know what he was talking about.

If they are lying about having the tool oh well. They're just gona have to get me new engine and new S/C.

 

When you say it was taking a long time how long are we talking about here?

 

Well, when I picked-up my car last nite the service advisor told me that the reason why it so long for them to install the s/c was they were having problem re flashing the ecu and it took took them the whole morining to get right.

 

something sounds <>< (fishy).

 

^^i agree..and they did put 32 miles on it..if they were just testing it, a good 2-3 miles would've been sufficient. if it were me, i would've raised the issue with them. you paid to have it installed on ur car, not for them to go for a joy ride. like i said, 2-3 miles should've been enough.

 

32 miles is a pretty lot

 

At most we usually put 10 miles on a car. If all we had done was the supercharger though we probably wouldn't even make 10 miles, more like 3.

 

They probaly had to drive 32 miles round trip to the toyota dealer that had the right re-flash tool...

 

how much did they charge for install?

 

The going price is around $120ish

 

$120 for the reflash or for the supercharger install? For the supercharger install thats insanely cheap. For the reflash thats kind of expensive. ZPI charges around 100 and i rent my tool for 50.