Beter Mpg Ecu Upgrade

[MitchR]

HI all,

Had my 09 220d (FLSH) in at Lexus for the EGR to be cleaned as mpg the usual 38 or so (95% motorway driving).

Upon collection the service manager (a real good guy by the way) advised me that as well as the EGR being cleaned it had a ECU upgrade to improve MPG. Early days yet, but it seems to of made no difference at all.

Has anybody else received this "upgrade"?

Do we know what difference it is supposed to make?

[ahmedali44]

How much did they charge u done egr clean myself @ did make difference in power @ started using shell v power u will notice power

[KC14]

Any ideas as to when this Ecu update was released?

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[MitchR]

KC14, No sorry I have no idea. The service manager seemed surprised when reading the report back from the tech who carried out the work.

Ahmedali44, I'm not really to fussed about performance, my daily commute is 104 miles so good mpg is off more importance. I always use Shell.

cheers

Mitch

[KC14]

Thanks Mitch,

For me it's about the mpg too, car is powerful enough for myself also I want to keep the car well maintained and problem free as my daily commute is a mixture of 60 miles motorway and a lot of town driving.

How long have you had your is220d and how has reliability been so far?

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[MitchR]

Hi KC14,

Reliability been excellent (as expected from dealer serviced car), I do enjoy the car, but I'm disappointed with the mpg return and the tall gearing etc. If the mpg were nearer the quoted figure of 54 mpg (the reason I picked it) I could live with the other issues.

Had I of believed the forum re the mpg I would of bought a petrol beamer with better mpg!!

Mitch

[KC14]

I agree I wish I had looked at the forum before buying, I too would have gone for something that came more close to the stated mpg figures.

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