Swapping 01 ford transit injector pumps

Smokie399

Hi guys some technical advice I'm lookin for if someone can help, I've got 2 ford transits 2 x01 2.0 front wheel drives.one of the 2 is a better van and it's tested so I'm keeping that one.mechanic reckons the injector pump is on the way out in the good one as its really down in power. He says even if the other pump is fitted to this van that all key barrels need changing and other key must be used, I'm not a mechanic but couldn't the little transponders from each key just be swapped and will that not work fine ??, besides going to the bother of swapping all the barrels or does the ecu need to be swapped from each van also

George Dalton

If you take off the good pump and take it to a diesel injection specialist they will be able to clear the coding on it. Then when you fit it to the other van you just leave the ignition switched on for a few minutes before starting and the pump will automatically match itself to the ECU in the other van.

biko

What year is it? But yeah I think the ECU needs to be replaced as well as the pump. Afaik the ECU controls the pump and they need to be married.
You can get around this by re-marrying them, or by using a pump that is a "virgin" (a mechanic should be able to clear the code).

Ah, Dalton posted how to do it.

Smokie399

Both vans are 01,only one van will probably be going back on the road but basically what I'm saying is if I take the good pump and matching control unit from the same van can I avoid changing all the key barrels and just swap the key transponders from the van I'm taking the good pump off of and put it in the other vans key blade casing,hope I'm not confusing ye lol

George Dalton

Smokie399 wrote: »

Both vans are 01,only one van will probably be going back on the road but basically what I'm saying is if I take the good pump and matching control unit from the same van can I avoid changing all the key barrels and just swap the key transponders from the van I'm taking the good pump off of and put it in the other vans key blade casing,hope I'm not confusing ye lol

No. You would also need to swap the instrument cluster as well. It is too much messing about.

The way I posted is the best way to do it. You can get the pump virginised for about €50.

ford jedi

as george said handiest way is to bring the good pump to a diesel shop get them to un code it , u fit it and turn the key on for 30secs and your almost ready to roll, or if you goin to scrap the donor van you can change the ecu aswell and you only have to swap the ingnition barrel from the donor van whick is a 5 minute job if you said said key for the donor van , clocks dont have to be coded on early transits , only 03.04 up . before id go through all the bother id make sure the lack of power was defo the pump and not a turbo or map sensor or d likes most transit pumps just go kaput and wont restart,;)

Plug

There is like an immobilizer built onto the pump control unit as well as the PCM itself, they have to be married as said above to start it. Another way can be to fit the pump and get a Ford dealer to code the keys to it. Im not sure what they change now but might be a cheaper bet? Also what Ford Jedi said on the last sentance it usually right. Most of the time you get a code with force shut down or something and will be cutting out or just doesn't start.

shamwari

Why not take out the pump that your mechanic says is faulty and get the diesel shop to test it first? If its ok, swapping pumps may only result in the same fault as previously, and all you'll have are skint knuckles, a sore back, and less money for your troubles.....

If the pump is faulty but is a simple repair then you might face less aggravation getting it mended than pulling two engines apart.