Does the Scan gauge allow you to see your individual injector contributions? My engine lopes and smokes a lil' and clacks like crazy when it's 20 deg or so. I'm running Rotella T-6.
Mike

 

Unfortunately it won't.

2006 F350 4X4

 

Thanks for the reply. What's needed to check the injectors, a Ford scanner?

 

Ford IDS I think is the only thing right now that will do a true contribution test but I could be wrong.

2006 F350 4X4

 

Sounds like a little bit of stiction, try some archoil and see if it gets better. You can also polish your spool valves and get that cold clatter/miss out of it instead of replacing injectors.

 

I use a Snapon Solus scanner.

 

Yeah--I should have clarified only units like ids and solus (probably a few others I can't think of at the moment)

2006 F350 4X4

 

Snap On Solus can run a contribution test, go manual and shut off individual cylinders?

Josh

 

My Genyses III would not but I don't know on the Solus. It came out a couple of years later so it may be capable.

 

If Solus is anything like Modis it's pretty much useless for a real contribution test. Even AE provides better feedback.

Guarantee it isn't anything like Ford IDS.

Josh

 

Josh I don't know if the boys at snappy got it working right yet or not.
There was some chat about it but I think the best way to read that
is with the Ford IDS or the clone.


Sean

 

That's what I observed with Modis. An uneven firing at idle showed a flat line for contribution.

Josh

 

Thanks guys. It looks like off to the shop I go.

 

Ford must have some type of copyright deal on the
algorithm. The reason I say that is I don't think it would
take a lot to reverse engineer the one that the IDS uses.
So it stands to reason that they have to adapt and change
it so they don't get into hot water over the copyright. The
luck of far has been dismal to be blunt.


Sean

 

AutoEnginuity with the Ford enhanced bundle will do contribution tests; or at least my 2011 vintage does.

Software:
AutoEnginuity Enhanced Ford Expansion - Riffraff Diesel Performance

Software & cable:
AutoEnginuity Total Ford Enhanced Bundle - Riffraff Diesel Performance

I vaguely remember Cheezit making a comment in a thread somewhere (years ago) that AE-Ford would do almost everything IDS can do except for some odd test. I know I've been able to diagnose cracked injectors on my 6.0L and recalibrate a speedometer on a 7.3L power truck. I haven't tried the FOB/chipped key set-up that AE-Ford supports...yet.