Super Chip?
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Super Chip?
OK, dumb question time.
I bought this E99 F350 PSD and the PO said it had been chipped with a Super Chip.
I looked at the PCM in the left corner under the dash and against the kick panel and it is contained within a plastic box. Nothing showing. I also looked at the OB connecter under the dash about in the middle of the dash. Nothing attached to it. Just a cover over it.
I don't see any sign of any chip.
Did the PO mean that the PCM had been flashed or something like that?
I am buying a AE scanner for trouble shooting. Will this scanner show if the PCM has been flashed?
I asked the PO and he said he only knew what his mechanic had told him.
Any other way I can tell if this truck has been modified?
I bought this E99 F350 PSD and the PO said it had been chipped with a Super Chip.
I looked at the PCM in the left corner under the dash and against the kick panel and it is contained within a plastic box. Nothing showing. I also looked at the OB connecter under the dash about in the middle of the dash. Nothing attached to it. Just a cover over it.
I don't see any sign of any chip.
Did the PO mean that the PCM had been flashed or something like that?
I am buying a AE scanner for trouble shooting. Will this scanner show if the PCM has been flashed?
I asked the PO and he said he only knew what his mechanic had told him.
Any other way I can tell if this truck has been modified?
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Congrats on the truck. If you don't see any signs of a physical chip, then there's a very good chance the Superchip was a flash program installed from a superchip device that plugged into the OBDII port.
If this has happened, I'd expect to see a P0603 code and maybe even a P0605. Those come from having any program or chip in the truck. P1211 is another common code that a chip/tuner will generate that is nothing to worry about. When you trip the P1211 code, the CEL will come on for a few seconds, then go out.
If this has happened, I'd expect to see a P0603 code and maybe even a P0605. Those come from having any program or chip in the truck. P1211 is another common code that a chip/tuner will generate that is nothing to worry about. When you trip the P1211 code, the CEL will come on for a few seconds, then go out.
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super chip is a flash programmer basically a box that takes your stock program and loads it onto its "jump drive" so to speak and loads the modified program onto the trucks pcm...problem is if it has the super chip on the pcm then the "little box" from super chip has your stock program somewhere....last owner still has your stock programmer in his superchip box unless it came with the truck...
I would hate to have the need to reprogram it back to stock without the superchip programmer...would mean a trip to the dealer....$$$$$
Correct me if I am wrong on this guys, but I think thats how it works....
I would hate to have the need to reprogram it back to stock without the superchip programmer...would mean a trip to the dealer....$$$$$
Correct me if I am wrong on this guys, but I think thats how it works....
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From: Madison, Mississippi
super chip is a flash programmer basically a box that takes your stock program and loads it onto its "jump drive" so to speak and loads the modified program onto the trucks pcm...problem is if it has the super chip on the pcm then the "little box" from super chip has your stock program somewhere....last owner still has your stock programmer in his superchip box unless it came with the truck...
I would hate to have the need to reprogram it back to stock without the superchip programmer...would mean a trip to the dealer....$$$$$
Correct me if I am wrong on this guys, but I think thats how it works....
I would hate to have the need to reprogram it back to stock without the superchip programmer...would mean a trip to the dealer....$$$$$
Correct me if I am wrong on this guys, but I think thats how it works....
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From: middlesex county, nj
I agree, mine came with a hyper-tech power programmer, and that's exactly how it was, plugged it in and it asked if I wanted to return to factory settings, without it...I'd have had no clue
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Super Chip
I ask about this because I wonder if this program is causing some of my engine problems.
I would like to have a before and after comparison to decide if it is worth keeping.
I would prefer to select my own tunes.
I hear that the DP tuner will remove the Super Chip flash if it is on my PCM
I would like to have a before and after comparison to decide if it is worth keeping.
I would prefer to select my own tunes.
I hear that the DP tuner will remove the Super Chip flash if it is on my PCM
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