I was just curious, did you try to contact Gilomen just to see if there was some type of warranty or if maybe they could do something with the ECU at a reduced rate? I just didn't think that ECU's were a problem that often and contacting Gilomen would have at least given some answers or see if they would do something for you. I had considered buying a tune from them a few years back but then I figured out I really didn't need one. Seemed like they knew what they were talking about. Great video, and I'm glad you figured it out.
Very good question, but no, I didn't reach out to them. The Gilomen tuned ECU came with the machine when he got it, so I wouldn't expect any kind of warranty support. To this day I'm still uncertain if the ECU was faulty itself, or perhaps it could have been reprogrammed and been fine. We only had 5 days to figure it out, or he would have missed the next trip. That meant we didn't have time to ship it back, have it reprogrammed or replaced, then sent back. Alba offered an option of sending a tuned ECU out to us next-day (paid for next-day shipping), then we could send the existing ECU back to them later on. That's what we did and he was able to make the trip! It was close though. I put the new ECU in his machine the day before we left! Again, no discredit to Gilomen. The machine ran and felt great up until the failure, and if we had more time, we could have given them the opportunity to work on it. I'm glad you enjoyed the video. Thanks for watching and for the comment!
You got me curious so I checked their site and they do offer a free "test and reflash" service. If we weren't so pressed for time, I probably would have gone that route. Maybe it would have been fine, maybe they would have found it to be faulty and we'd have to look at other options. Impossible to know now!
I was just curious, did you try to contact Gilomen just to see if there was some type of warranty or if maybe they could do something with the ECU at a reduced rate? I just didn't think that ECU's were a problem that often and contacting Gilomen would have at least given some answers or see if they would do something for you. I had considered buying a tune from them a few years back but then I figured out I really didn't need one. Seemed like they knew what they were talking about. Great video, and I'm glad you figured it out.
Very good question, but no, I didn't reach out to them. The Gilomen tuned ECU came with the machine when he got it, so I wouldn't expect any kind of warranty support. To this day I'm still uncertain if the ECU was faulty itself, or perhaps it could have been reprogrammed and been fine. We only had 5 days to figure it out, or he would have missed the next trip. That meant we didn't have time to ship it back, have it reprogrammed or replaced, then sent back. Alba offered an option of sending a tuned ECU out to us next-day (paid for next-day shipping), then we could send the existing ECU back to them later on. That's what we did and he was able to make the trip! It was close though. I put the new ECU in his machine the day before we left! Again, no discredit to Gilomen. The machine ran and felt great up until the failure, and if we had more time, we could have given them the opportunity to work on it. I'm glad you enjoyed the video. Thanks for watching and for the comment!
You got me curious so I checked their site and they do offer a free "test and reflash" service. If we weren't so pressed for time, I probably would have gone that route. Maybe it would have been fine, maybe they would have found it to be faulty and we'd have to look at other options. Impossible to know now!