Have you ever had a surprize once you have gotten your new used car
home , usually its a bad surprise and then you find out that fault is not covered but try this one on for size.
A couple of months ago we aquired an additional 4800 Patrol for the kids.
Its body was a bit knocked around but it came with a whole stack of accessories of the type kids like - huge 315 fatties , extractor exhausts, suspect clutch ,loud radio , big bullbar, 3 inch lift and even a good gas system to make it affordable to run etc etc.
The kids have plans to turbo this things asap.
Ok, so a week after we got it we noticed a dozen hail stone hits in the roof but sort of accepted that as part of the package.
Then a week ago I tried to plug my laptop into the cars OBD diagnostic port and couldn't get any readings.
In addition the front cigarette lighter plugs didn't work.
Finally got round to pulling out the covers under the dash to see what was wrong and as we did down falls a lead with a USB plug on the end.
I think "this car must have an aftermarket audio system" , however apon further investigation we got a real shock when it dawned on us that the main ECU was non-standard.
The car had been fitted with a full replacement Haltech Platinum ECU , and not only that but the top of the range "PRO" model - the cost is around $3500 to do this normally and we had got it without even knowing.
No wonder I couldn't connect a laptop top the car as its OBD port was not connected .
This ECU allows user control and monitoring of everything - we are andalmost in heaven changing the fuel trim AF ratios, fuel use, advance curves it even allows for a turbo to be mapped in.
So it just goes to show that sometimes you do get more than you bargained for.