Trying to open a bmw e53 2008 3.0d ecu, but it glued hard down one side, the heat sink side. No glue around the edge like in various pictures on google. I can prise lid open on the side with no glue about quater of an inch. Any tips on getting the glue the end to give up rather that rip the pcb apart?
Steve

In the end I cut a hole in the lid rather than force it. Not pretty but functional.

FirmButton wrote:Trying to open a bmw e53 2008 3.0d ecu, but it glued hard down one side, the heat sink side. No glue around the edge like in various pictures on google. I can prise lid open on the side with no glue about quater of an inch. Any tips on getting the glue the end to give up rather that rip the pcb apart?
Steve

Hot Air gun with nozzle removed and heat set to 380 deg C & flow on 60%,
heat the edges for a few minutes all around and lift, really easy

wbr

Hi. Mate, unusually, this one has no seal all the way round, just 4 screws and a very hard glue that won’t budge even with heat:-( so i cut a hole in it lol.
Need help with egr and dpf off though, posted all the files in the other thread.
Cheers chap
Steve

why dont you read via obd or bench pinout?

I understood I couldn’t doit that way?

Why you shouldnt could to on bench?
No need for opening if you dont want do via bdm...

on heat sink side thats grey fluid is no glue... also edc16, DDE7... its easy to open.
EDC17/ MEVD17 more harden (if you need to open).

FirmButton wrote:Trying to open a bmw e53 2008 3.0d ecu, but it glued hard down one side, the heat sink side. No glue around the edge like in various pictures on google. I can prise lid open on the side with no glue about quater of an inch. Any tips on getting the glue the end to give up rather that rip the pcb apart?
Steve

Put for 20 minutes in owen with 150C. Dirty easy.