Immobiliser problems

[Ardchuig]

A friend of mine has a '95 440 that will not start, garage say it's the immobiliser but say it's a complicated job and aren't too keen on doing anything with it. Anyone else had problems or would it be possible to rip it out or bypass it??

[thunderace]

have you tried taking the fuse out, might not work but...

[fireclown]

i managed to get round mine. but that was a diesel, afterwards the central locking did not work. i did manage to trawl the net and find some info on it. i will see i if can dig it out,

[readview]

The immobiliser ecu is located just above the fusebox,clipped into a plastic holder.It is pale grey and about 5"x3".If you whip it out and aquire a replacement from a breakers complete with the matching fob it will plug and play no problem.I dont think we have any of these left but i will check on Monday and let you know.
Hope this helps,Adam.