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ECU adjust (with pics)

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#1 ·
For all those that don't have the PCIII (all three of us) here is my little, simple way of adjusting the ECU. By the way, rswarrior.com, Yamaha Motorcycles, and I take no responsibility for you frying your ECU by following these instructions. Follow them at your own risk. I am not a professional mechanic, and I do NOT use really big words to describe the things I do. So if you have any questions feel free to ask away.

First pull off the seat, and little foam thing from under your seat and that will expose the ECU.

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Free up the little retaining strap from the ECU and then locate wire #27 and #29 in the harness. These two wires will come free from the bundle if you give them a little pull. Note: Don't try and pull them out of the harness itself, just the taped up bundle of wires! You will notice that wire 27 and 29 are actually just a loop wire that tells the ECU which mode to operate in. BTW, the wire will be yellow with a red stripe down it.
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Now for the fun stuff... First, don't remove the harness from the ECU. There is no need to and it really just slows things down. Take a pair of wire cutters and cut the wire in half and then install a pair insulated quick disconnects. I got a pack of them from Lowes for less than $2.

Next, make yourself a little jumper cable out of an alligator clip, piece of wire, and a matching quick disconnect to mate up to pin #29.
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Attach the jumper to pin #29 and then attach the alligator clip to some part of the frame. I use the helmet lock thingy (yep, technical term). Yes, pin #27 will have nothing plugged into it for this portion of the adjustment.
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Now you're ready to adjust the ECU. First hold both buttons on the tach down and then turn the key to "On". Continue to hold the buttons down until "DIAG" appears where the clock used to be. Now let go of both buttons.

Press Select and "Co" will appear and now hold both buttons again until "Co 01" appears. This is the air/fuel mix of the rear cylinder. Hold both buttons again and a number will appear in the lower LCD panel. Write this number down because this is your baseline that the machine was set at from the factory.

To adjust this number either press Select or Reset and the number will change. Select = larger number, which = richer. Reset = smaller number, which = leaner.

Once you have adjusted this to your liking press both buttons and you will return to the Cylinder select option, saying "Co 01". Now press the Reset button and "Co 01" will change to "Co 02". Hold both buttons down again and adjust the front cylinder the same way as the front. Don't forget to write down the number before you start so you can have a base line.

Now once you've done both cylinders, turn off the key and remove the jumper from the ECU. Reattach the quick connects, and make sure they aren't touching anything that could cause them to rub or short out and you'll be good to go.

BTW, I carry my jumper with me in my tool kit just because you never know when you might need it.

As far as how much do you adjust the ECU, you're on your own. All bikes are different, and with different mods people have vastly different settings. Try searching this wonderful site and there will be loads of information to pick from.

But here is one little tip on the popular "What number should I adjust to" question. There is no right or wrong answer for any given setup. A good rule of thumb is to just adjust each cylinder the same amount. How much depends on the altitude where you live, all the mods you've done, how clean your filters are, and many more factors. It's just going to have to be a trial and error type thing.

I hope this helps someone out a little.[
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#4 ·
Actually, I copied other sites out there. But none of them were posted "on" this site and were always down or something. So I updated this site with the instructions and better pictures.
 
#6 ·
Look at it this way, if it doesn't work out for you, than you can always add a PCIII in the future. You'll only be out $3, and that's not too bad if you ask me.
 
#8 ·
Bubba, yes there is another way to do it. It requires you to pull the harness off of the ECU and then pull out pin 27 and then ground it to the frame. And to be honest with you, I've never heard of the ECU adjust voiding warranty. Actually, when I got my speedstar pipe, the Yamaha tech offered to adjust my ECU for $75.
 
#10 ·
quote:Originally posted by DFW_Warrior

For all those that don't have the PCIII (all three of us) here is my little, simple way of adjusting the ECU. By the way, rswarrior.com, Yamaha Motorcycles, and I take no responsibility for you frying your ECU by following these instructions. Follow them at your own risk. I am not a professional mechanic, and I do NOT use really big words to describe the things I do. So if you have any questions feel free to ask away.

First pull off the seat, and little foam thing from under your seat and that will expose the ECU.

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Free up the little retaining strap from the ECU and then locate wire #27 and #29 in the harness. These two wires will come free from the bundle if you give them a little pull. Note: Don't try and pull them out of the harness itself, just the taped up bundle of wires! You will notice that wire 27 and 29 are actually just a loop wire that tells the ECU which mode to operate in. BTW, the wire will be yellow with a red stripe down it.
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Now for the fun stuff... First, don't remove the harness from the ECU. There is no need to and it really just slows things down. Take a pair of wire cutters and cut the wire in half and then install a pair insulated quick disconnects. I got a pack of them from Lowes for less than $2.

Next, make yourself a little jumper cable out of an alligator clip, piece of wire, and a matching quick disconnect to mate up to pin #29.
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Attach the jumper to pin #29 and then attach the alligator clip to some part of the frame. I use the helmet lock thingy. Yes, pin #27 will have nothing plugged into it for this portion of the adjustment.
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Now you're ready to adjust the ECU. First hold both buttons on the tach down and then turn the key to "Run". Continue to hold the buttons down until "DIAG" appears where the clock used to be. Now let go of both buttons.

Press Select and "Co" will appear and now hold both buttons again until "Co 01" appears. This is the air/fuel mix of the rear cylinder. Hold both buttons again and a number will appear in the lower LCD panel. Write this number down because this is your baseline that the machine was set at from the factory.

To adjust this number either press Select or Reset and the number will change. Select = larger number, which = richer. Reset = smaller number, which = leaner.

Once you have adjusted this to your liking press both buttons and you will return to the Cylinder select option, saying "Co 01". Now press the Reset button and "Co 01" will change to "Co 02". Hold both buttons down again and adjust the front cylinder the same way as the front. Don't forget to write down the number before you start so you can have a base line.

Now once you've done both cylinders, turn off the key and remove the jumper from the ECU. Reattach the quick connects, and make sure they aren't touching anything that could cause them to rub or short out and you'll be good to go.

BTW, I carry my jumper with me in my tool kit just because you never know when you might need it.

As far as how much do you adjust the ECU, you're on your own. All bikes are different, and with different mods people have vastly different settings. Try searching this wonderful site and there will be loads of information to pick from.

But here is one little tip on the popular "What number should I adjust to" question. There is no right or wrong answer for any given setup. A good rule of thumb is to just adjust each cylinder the same amount. How much depends on the altitude where you live, all the mods you've done, how clean your filters are, and many more factors. It's just going to have to be a trial and error type thing.

I hope this helps someone out a little.[/emoticons/emotion-2.gif]



Thanks...this is good stuff....
 
#12 ·
upNover, if you look on the wire harness itself, there are little numbers that idenify the wires. I had to get a flashlight and really look hard for them, but they are there.
 
#16 ·
ok i understand all of that but if one of my friends has allready done that could i take my ecu out of my bike and put it in his and change all of that and then put it in my bike is it still going to rember that i change it. cause i would really not like to cut the harness if all possable
 
#17 ·
No it won't remember the settings. It is the ECU itself that remembers the settings. I wouldn't worry too much about cutting one wire in the harness. Don't worry, you won't mess up anything.

There is another way to pull the wire out, but it involves removing the harness from the ECU and pulling one of the pins out of the harness. It takes a lot longer to do, but it can be done.
 
#19 ·
Help Please guys!! I have the Churchkeys BAK and Vance&Hines 2-1 Pro-pipe. I live at about 1000ft above sealevel. I just did this self ECU adjstment. My stok setting was C01= -3 and CO2=+2. I just bumped it up 2points on each cylinder so it is now -1 and +4. Should this be good or wold any one recommend to bumkp it up more? I went for a ride and honestly I dont know what Im looking for.

BEN
 
#20 ·
You are going to have to pull you left side plugs and look at them to tell for sure. All we can do on here is guess, and that's not really very accurate. You don't want your plugs to be black or ash white. I nice golden tan color is what you are after.
 
#21 ·
ok guys I have a question, I remember the previous owner of my bike saying that he had someone program the ecu Without the PCIII, which I never heard of anyone doing so I just let it go from one ear and out the other. Now my question is, if he did have this ecu adjustment done and I installed a PCIII would the PCIII overide what he did? I'm confused as ****!! Maybe I should check the wires on the harness to see if they are cut, that way I would Know if he actually did it right? any response would be great thank you!
 
#22 ·
No it won't overide what he did! Just check your ecu settings and maybe put them to 0-0 and get a custom map or get a wideband to adjust your pcIII to perfection.
quote:Originally posted by camajo305

ok guys I have a question, I remember the previous owner of my bike saying that he had someone program the ecu Without the PCIII, which I never heard of anyone doing so I just let it go from one ear and out the other. Now my question is, if he did have this ecu adjustment done and I installed a PCIII would the PCIII overide what he did? I'm confused as ****!! Maybe I should check the wires on the harness to see if they are cut, that way I would Know if he actually did it right? any response would be great thank you!
 
#23 ·
'k nother question. PO put a BUB Slash Cut Slip-on on my bike. Ran pretty good, and I was happy with it. I was getting about 35-37 MPG. Then I killed my battery (oops). So, with no battery power, does the ECU remember the settings in it, or do they readjust to factory default? Since the battery incident, my mileage has gone up (saw 50 MPG in a 60-65 mph cruise!) but it still runs good. I pulled the rear, leftside plug to see if I'm lean. The grounding strap was white, and half the porcelin was a nice golden tan, the other half was white. I have never worked on a dual plug head, so I don't know what the 50/50 mix means, or even if dual plugs have anything to do with the strange read. Am I lean?
 
#24 ·
Well, to answer question 1, no the ECU will not forget what you set it to. As to if you're running lean or not it's hard to tell without seeing an actual pic of the plugs. But from how you describe it, yes you do sound just maybe a tad lean but not much.
 
#26 ·
Hello all, anyone out there on this site that knows of a way to bump the RPM limit up beyond 5500 on the race ECM? Or to adjust the timing, retard or advance? Dyno Jet has one in the works but it has been in the works for over three years now and still no release date. The motor in my Warior is built to handle 7000RPM built by Patrick Racing. I can't get max HP if I can not go to true redline. The only company I have seen that makes a system to do this is Motec Ign. and that is around $10,000 yes you read that right $10k. If anyone knows of a way to adjust the ECM or of another company please let me know. Thanks.
 
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