Ducato Speed limiter removal .. Impossible ??

[jay5787]

Hi Everyone,
I have recently bought a Fiat Ducato 130 multijet ( 62 plate with tacho) with marelli ECU which is limited to 56mph, ex Glasgow Council. I have been to Fiat proffesional who failed to remove the Limiter, local re mapper, local Tacho centre and a few web based van ecu experts who also failed misserably. Can anyone safely say they have the skills and equipment to remove this limiter??and have done it succesfully in the past. Or can the ecu be replaced with a another similar van and tweak the coding inside to suit my van. Please help. Cheers.

 

[corcai]

Hi Everyone,
I have recently bought a Fiat Ducato 130 multijet ( 62 plate with tacho) with marelli ECU which is limited to 56mph, ex Glasgow Council. I have been to Fiat proffesional who failed to remove the Limiter, local re mapper, local Tacho centre and a few web based van ecu experts who also failed misserably. Can anyone safely say they have the skills and equipment to remove this limiter??and have done it succesfully in the past. Or can the ecu be replaced with a another similar van and tweak the coding inside to suit my van. Please help. Cheers.

If that many people have failed I would first ensure there isn't a seperate speed controller spliced in under the dash, the trouble with diagnostic computers and tuning software is people often miss the obvious.

 

[oigle]

Could not the Glasgow council provide info on how it was installed originally?

Ian.

 

[Yorkshire007]

The Japanese cars have a speed limiter fit at the MOT bay, so maybe it's the same style that's been used here? When I worked with Royal Mail, they used a bolt welded to the go faster pedal.....

 

[rayc]

Perhaps it has one of these or similar. Perhaps they can assist you in any event?http://www.canm8.com/precision-limiter-fiat-ducato.html

 

[HughJampton]

It might make sense to read through this thread here:

https://www.fiatforum.com/ducato/41...h-6th-gear-speed-capped-not-engine-fault.html

....and the outcome here.....

https://www.fiatforum.com/ducato/41...6th-gear-speed-capped-not-engine-fault-5.html

...for some background.

Whilst it isn't a given, there is a common way of introducing a limiter, and (as Ray alludes) that is via one of a number of add-on boxes.

A bit of a search may be in order.

 

[rolandbrindley]

56mph is a sensible maximum speed for a Ducato and you are likely to enjoy years of trouble-free use by sticking to that. Why do you think heavy lorries last for so long while covering hundreds of thousands of miles?

 

[DucatoFleet]

If that many people have failed I would first ensure there isn't a seperate speed controller spliced in under the dash, the trouble with diagnostic computers and tuning software is people often miss the obvious.

Hi Everyone, I have recently bought a Fiat Ducato 130 multijet ( 62 plate with tacho) with marelli ECU which is limited to 56mph, ex Glasgow Council. I have been to Fiat proffesional who failed to remove the Limiter, local re mapper, local Tacho centre and a few web based van ecu experts who also failed misserably. Can anyone safely say they have the skills and equipment to remove this limiter??and have done it succesfully in the past. Or can the ecu be replaced with a another similar van and tweak the coding inside to suit my van. Please help. Cheers.

 

[varesecrazy]

Did anyone get this figured out..?

On the smaller utility vans it was even switchable with MES

 

[import4fun]

After letting a number of so called experts and a Fiat main agent try to remove the speed limiter from my 2014 Ducato 2.3 multijet, only to be told not possible, I chanced upon PVE near Chard in Somerset. Steve felt confident he could do the removal. I left the vehicle with him, and after a couple of days he rang to ask if I would like a remap as he had removed speed limiter. I now have a vehicle with no limiter and will pull 6th gear most places. It's now a pleasure to drive. I can highly recommend him. I'm sure there are others around the country like him.
PVE (Performance Vehicle Engineering)
Bramble Cottage
Buckland St Mary
Somerset
TA20 3TG
01460 234142

 

[ben]

After letting a number of so called experts and a Fiat main agent try to remove the speed limiter from my 2014 Ducato 2.3 multijet, only to be told not possible, I chanced upon PVE near Chard in Somerset. Steve felt confident he could do the removal. I left the vehicle with him, and after a couple of days he rang to ask if I would like a remap as he had removed speed limiter. I now have a vehicle with no limiter and will pull 6th gear most places. It's now a pleasure to drive. I can highly recommend him. I'm sure there are others around the country like him.
PVE (Performance Vehicle Engineering)
Bramble Cottage
Buckland St Mary
Somerset
TA20 3TG
01460 234142

I've added this review into our directory (I should probably set up a new "remapping" section for it)

P V Engineering - Reviews

www.fiatforum.com

 

[Reg 65]

56mph is a sensible maximum speed for a Ducato and you are likely to enjoy years of trouble-free use by sticking to that. Why do you think heavy lorries last for so long while covering hundreds of thousands of miles?

yes and when they overtake you get one doing 56 and one doing 56 and a half with a mile of traffic struck behind them
I cruise around 56mph but I like to have the power to overtake without holding everyone else up in consideration for them.