After the warranty runs out on mine I would just like to be able to delete the DPF and EGR, the two things that seem to be the most troublesome on the Tier 4 diesels when they get older. Kioti claims that this is a 20K hour engine but I doubt that the DPF is.
I'm wondering if a half-volt zenor diode soldered across the pressure sensor and a test tube installed in lace of the DPF would do the trick or if the ECU is smart enough to want to see a variable voltage comming back from the pressure differeial sensor. On page 12-77 of the service manual a 5 volt reference signal is sent out to the differential pressure sensor. Then:
"The differential pressure sensor detects the pressure difference between the inlet and outlet of the CCRT and sends a signal value of 0.5 to 4.5 V to the ECU. The larger the pressure difference between the inlet port and outlet port is, the closer the signal value gets to 4.5 V. The smaller the pressure difference is, the closer the signal value gets to 0.5 V."
The manual shows a picture of a DP5000 pressure sensor. I tried to unsuccessfully track this sensor down through Google, but it is the white wire that sends the signal (modified reference voltage) back to the ECU
Perhaps the internet can continue to puzzle this out frther.
And here a theretical way to build a circuit in place of the pressure sensor. Unfortunately, the Analog Behavioral Modeling is a little beyond my current skill-set.
Voltage-Controlled Resistor
I've also considered dropping in a digipot, but again, I don't know if the ECU is smart enough to kick into limp-home if it sees a constand signal or if the signal must have some variation.
http://www.analog.com/media/en/news...ection-guide/Choosing_the_Correct_Digipot.pdf
Anyway, my current high nail is just being able to interface with the ECU for service work, not modifying.