Hi All Is it possible to fit full DIS from a 1.6FSI to a TDI 75 , I know the Rev counter is different and programming will be required etc but is it all swappable I have a Donor FSI to work with.
TIA
Evening,
Help me understand what you’re actually trying to achieve: Are you wishing to upgrade from a TDI Half DIs cluster to a FSI full DIS cluster or just wanting to swap a TDI DIS cluster to a FSI DIS cluster due to a fault with the TDI item?
Whatever the answer is means that there might be additional steps to take but to simply answer you question: Yes this is entirely possible and have done it a few times now. The instrument clusters that currently reside in both my 2001 Jaipur TDIs (Project EUD and EYV) that now sport the stunning 3DcolorMFD screen (Colour DIS) actually started life as an instrument cluster from a FSI.
All I done was copied a later generation TDI EEPROM readout to the FSI instrument cluster then matched it to the vehicle (ECU) with VCDS. To obtain the EEPROM/firmware readout, adjust the odometer and grab the SKC requires more than the usual VCDS diagnostic software and headware but easy enough to do. There is plenty of information on how to do these kind of task scattered over the internet.
If your confident enough to complete the above processes (which I e deliberately not explained in detail) then there is one final hurdle you may have to overcome… Depending on the year of your TDI, the fuel gauge may not read correctly with a FSI cluster. This can be easily solved with 2 options available to you, one requires adjusting the fuel senders wiring and the other is to simply swap the fuel sender board over.
As you have already mentioned, you’ll have to swap over the scales then calibrate the pointers/needles but again plenty of information on the Ross Techs Forum and elsewhere on the internet on how to do this. I also think there is also a great guide somewhere on the clubs pages too.
For now I won’t explain in any further detail but you can certainly use a FSI cluster in a TDI and the opposite way around too.
Edit: If the TDI in question is your 2005 TDI BHC then there will be no requirement to mess about with fuel senders. It’ll be quite fine as it is. Just need the laptop work with then different software solutions to get the FSI cluster setup for use in your TDI.
Kind regards,
Tom