Re-Mapping
Stage 1 Re-Map
A custom file written for your engine on standard hardware. More power, better throttle response, and your original map kept on file.
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Re-Mapping
Road legalValve kept, not blankedCleaned and working, not blanked off.
From £199
engine access changes the labour
Part of our re-mapping range. Compare the whole range
How it works
Best for: a diesel with a rough idle, hesitation under load, a persistent EGR fault code, or visible smoke on acceleration — where the cause is carbon rather than a failed part.
The EGR valve routes a measured amount of exhaust gas back into the inlet to bring combustion temperatures down. On a diesel doing short, cold journeys that gas carries soot, and over enough miles the valve and the inlet tract silt up with it. A valve that then sticks open gives you a rough idle and no throttle response; one that sticks shut gives you a fault code and, on many engines, a filter that starts blocking too.
We take the valve off and clean it properly rather than spraying something through the inlet and hoping, then test that it moves through its full range under command. The inlet tract and, where it has gone the same way, the EGR cooler are cleaned at the same time — there is no sense clearing the valve and leaving the passage behind it packed solid, which is how a job like this gets done twice.
What this is, and is not: it is a clean. Where the valve turns out to be worn rather than dirty, cleaning will not hold — we will tell you that when we have it off, and price the replacement as its own job rather than rolling it in here. Solenoid and position-sensor faults are the same: separate parts, separately quoted.
What we will not do is blank it off or map it out on a road car. It is an emissions defeat device, it is an MOT failure, and it typically makes the DPF situation worse rather than better — more soot reaches the filter, not less.
Which cars? Diesels in particular, though plenty of modern petrols have EGR too. Send the registration and the fault codes and we will tell you what we expect to find.
Warranty: 12 months on the work. Any parts quoted separately carry their manufacturer's own cover.
What customers say
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Had my Audi S3 in for a complete overhaul — Kaine supplied and fitted all the parts, including cam belt, water pump, a full service and a balance shaft delete. He also noticed one of my rear callipers was sticking, so recommended and fitted a new calliper and new rear discs and pads too. A 5 star service — I'll only use Kaine from now on for any mechanical work.
Exceptional experience with Kaine. Came out to me, took my car and fixed it all within two hours. Very impressed and will definitely call him if needed again. Great price.
Mobile re-mapping
Send us the registration and we confirm what can safely be gained on your exact engine, and what it costs, before you book. Re-maps are done at your address in Milton Keynes, Leighton Buzzard, Bedford, Buckingham and Northampton, with a £60 call-out on top.
The car is checked over before a single line is written. If something needs attention first we tell you, rather than mapping over it.
The factory file is read off and archived before the new one goes on, so the car can be put back to standard at any point.
We drive it, then you drive it. If it is not what you wanted, the original goes straight back on.
Works well with
Each of these covers something the others cannot. Fitted in the same visit they cost less than booking them separately — ask and we will price the combination.
Servicing
A blocked diesel particulate filter cleaned on the car and the reason it blocked found — rather than the filter taken off and the light coded out.
Re-Mapping
The engine light read properly — what the code actually means on your engine, what is causing it, and what it costs to put right.
Questions
It would be cheaper on the day and expensive afterwards. On a road car it is an emissions defeat device: an MOT failure, a problem with your insurer, and on most modern engines it puts more soot through the DPF rather than less. We do not offer it for road use. For a genuine competition or off-highway vehicle, ask and we will be straight with you about what is and is not possible.
You often do not, which is why the diagnostic comes first. A rough idle and a flat throttle can equally be an injector, a turbo actuator or a boost leak, and we would rather spend an hour finding out than sell you a clean that changes nothing.
Then you have a worn valve rather than a dirty one, and we will tell you so while it is off the engine — along with what the replacement costs. That is a separate job and a separate price; we would rather split it out than quote you one figure that turns into two. Plenty of the valves we take off do come back to life with the carbon gone, which is why the clean is worth doing first.
Yes. A re-map is a modification, and not declaring it gives an insurer grounds to refuse a claim. Most note it for a modest premium change, and we will put the details in writing for you to forward.
No — not on a vehicle that uses the road. Removing or defeating any of them is illegal under the Construction and Use regulations, it is an MOT failure and it gives your insurer grounds to refuse a claim. What we do instead is fix them: EGR and intake carbon cleaning and AdBlue system repair are both on this page, DPF cleaning and diagnosis sits under servicing, and on most cars the proper repair costs less than the delete anyway.
With the DTC fault code diagnostic on this page. It is £60, credited against the repair if we do the work, and it tells you what the code actually means on your engine rather than which part to throw at it. Nothing else here is worth booking until you know what the car is complaining about.
Advice
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Book in
Send us the registration and we will confirm the From £199 price for your vehicle, plus the next available date. Usually back within the hour.