Superchips Bluefin Remap for my Skoda is Rubbish!

[muggo05]

Hey guys,

received my bluefin today and started the process of downloading my factory map, uploading to superchips, and installing remap to the car.

took it out nice and easy for the car to warm up and get used to the new tune. After 15 mins of easy part throttle driving, all was smooth and no problems at all.

After finding a bit of open road i went to accelerate and immediate shuddering/banging/pinging/retarding. Not being that way minded, i dont know what exactly it is, all i know is that it shouldnt be doing this.

Any sort of rolling acceleration provokes this and makes the car undriveable. i did a few wide open throttle runs from standstill and all seemed fine, one or two minor shudders between gears but felt really good.

The problem seems to be between 1500rpm and 4000rpm. only seems to be from rolling acceleration.

has anyone else had this problem after installing their superchips remap??


any ideas or previous experiences??

[h100vw]

Re-install the standard map and speak to Superchips.

Gavin

[Jmac]

Sorry to hear you think the tune is "rubbish" not sure who sold it to you but they should have mentioned it will take a few days to relearn completely. First up shluld be good, but wont be optimum till it has fully relearnt. Done a few Skodas with no problem and there is a few done on here. None of which have had this issue. Talk to your Rep and they will talk to Superchips UK and have the Map redone if need be, i would also set back to standard and do some logs on your car too, you rep should be able to do that. Hopefully your friendly seller can help you out and iron out the "rubbish" tune
Cheers
Jmac

[Corey_R]

I agree with Gavin's advice. At this stage I think it's a bit premature to say that the Superchips Remap is rubbish. Often what happens when installing an aftermarket flash is that it "highlights" or even "uncovers" an existing problem which isn't evident when you have the standard mapping. I'm not saying that it's definitely the case here, as there are all sorts of things which could be going on, but we see that far far far more often than any actual problem with the aftermarket ECU.

[muggo05]

Sorry to hear you think the tune is "rubbish" not sure who sold it to you but they should have mentioned it will take a few days to relearn completely. First up shluld be good, but wont be optimum till it has fully relearnt. Done a few Skodas with no problem and there is a few done on here. None of which have had this issue. Talk to your Rep and they will talk to Superchips UK and have the Map redone if need be, i would also set back to standard and do some logs on your car too, you rep should be able to do that. Hopefully your friendly seller can help you out and iron out the "rubbish" tune
Cheers
Jmac

Sorry, I am frustrated and probably being a bit over the top. Rubbish is uncalled for as i can feel the potential of the tune is definitely there.

I am just wondering if this is "normal" for the ECU to take this long to learn it or if there is something wrong with the map they sent me.

I apologise for my comment to you and Superchips. I have been excited to have this come and been a bit of a "let down" as my understanding was that it was plug and play, no fuss and all fun.

Sorry

[muggo05]

Sorry, I am frustrated and probably being a bit over the top. Rubbish is uncalled for as i can feel the potential of the tune is definitely there.

I am just wondering if this is "normal" for the ECU to take this long to learn it or if there is something wrong with the map they sent me.

I apologise for my comment and to Superchips. I have been excited to have this come and been a bit of a "let down" as my understanding was that it was plug and play, no fuss and all fun.

Sorry

[Jmac]

Sorry, I am frustrated and probably being a bit over the top. Rubbish is uncalled for as i can feel the potential of the tune is definitely there.

I am just wondering if this is "normal" for the ECU to take this long to learn it or if there is something wrong with the map they sent me.

I apologise for my comment to you and Superchips. I have been excited to have this come and been a bit of a "let down" as my understanding was that it was plug and play, no fuss and all fun.

Sorry

I totally understand your frustration, and if i can help at all i will mate. You are right it is a plug and play really, it should be "good" from the get go and only get better till it has relearnt totally. Please let your seller know , he may have to log your vehicle and also see/ feel what it is doing. A remap may be called for. To be honest if you pulled the file from your car and sent it to the Mainframe in the UK it should have spat you the correct tune for your ECU. please let your seller know as soon as you can mate and he/she can get it fixed asap. On standard mode i would be tempted to have it logged just to make sure there wasnt anything underlying before the remap was done
Cheers
Jmac

[muggo05]

I totally understand your frustration, and if i can help at all i will mate. You are right it is a plug and play really, it should be "good" from the get go and only get better till it has relearnt totally. Please let your seller know , he may have to log your vehicle and also see/ feel what it is doing. A remap may be called for. To be honest if you pulled the file from your car and sent it to the Mainframe in the UK it should have spat you the correct tune for your ECU. please let your seller know as soon as you can mate and he/she can get it fixed asap. On standard mode i would be tempted to have it logged just to make sure there wasnt anything underlying before the remap was done
Cheers
Jmac

My Reseller is Peter James from Superchips NZ, so i dont thing he will be able to see/feel how it is! thats who i was directed to/replied to my brochure request from the Superchips.com.au website.

I have just sent him an email with what is going on so I will await his reply.

Is there anything else i can do? does resending my factory tune to the superchips server do anything? will they send the same file back or is it a one time only thing?

Sorry for all the questions.

[muggo05]

ok Superchips have just sent me a second email and text message, stating "Customer Name: XXXXX XXXXXXX Serial Number: XXXXXX
Your Superchip remap is ready to download"

this was after i emailed them explaining the issue i was having. do you think this may be a different tune? or just a delay of some sort?

I have no other indication other than what i quoted above.

[h100vw]

Download it and have a go. Be good if they explained themselves though.... Jimmy will be on their case mate.

Gavin

[Corey_R]

No, it's DEFINITELY not normal. I would be flashing back to stock asap given the issues you're having.

The adaption process shouldn't cause misfiring. When you first start driving it just feels "like stock" and then the additional benefit of the the higher performance "opens up" over about 30 minutes. That's at least from my experience with 3 VWs with APR's flashes

[Corey_R]

Btw. I just realised that you had posted the same thing twice in two different forums. I've merged them here now and deleted the duplicate of your 1st post. Please don't post the same thing in two different locations. It just causes confusion...

[muggo05]

Btw. I just realised that you had posted the same thing twice in two different forums. I've merged them here now and deleted the duplicate of your 1st post. Please don't post the same thing in two different locations. It just causes confusion...

Sorry mate, you do silly things when your frustrated out of your mind! wont happen again.

Ok downloaded the new map and it is better, still some small "chugs" but no where near as violent as before. It isnt as smooth as stock, but a lot better.

the main thing when it coughs or whatever it is doing, is it feels like it is being choked and held back. same story as before driving wise though.

Ok so now, what do i do? send them another email saying that it is better but still not smooth? or wait and keep driving it, to see if the ECU will learn and iron out the kinks so to speak??

[h100vw]

Does it run ok with small throttle openings? Is it playing up under full throttle, is it any good in a high gear(manual selection) under load?

If you can give a bit of feedback, it'll be a help.

Gavin

[muggo05]

Does it run ok with small throttle openings? Is it playing up under full throttle, is it any good in a high gear(manual selection) under load?

If you can give a bit of feedback, it'll be a help.

Gavin

Sorry mate.

Yeah all good on part throttle and cruising. fine at high rpms under WOT.

Seems to only play up under heavy load between 1500rpm and 4000rpm as before. although this time it is a lot gentler than before. struggles on kick down into that range, and also holding a gear through that range.

when it does play up, just feels like it is being held on a leash.

Ideas?? should i keep it Bluefinned and see how it pans out after a longer drive? the commute to and from work tomorrow should be enough and then reassess after that??