I have, but I think the adapter is toast. It has a row of 5 lights that used to flash in some sequence when I plugged it in. Now just the red one on the end lights up and stays steady. I might crack it open just for curiosity sake, but I wouldn't know how to troubleshoot it.

 

I mistakenly thought he was talking coolant temps
Trans temps are lower I've seen under higher temps at 115 outside. Solo it never goes higher than 180

Now if you add that 6.0 cooler you might want to think about adding the derale thermostat. Otherwise the temps will stay too low which is also damaging in the long run.

Choice of trans fluid will also make a difference in longevity as well as flush frequency.
I use mobil synthetic fluid and did the full flush recently as described by Mark K.
Shifts like new.

 

No worries - I think the Trans Temp ranges I was referring to was actually from one of Mark's Posts.
But yea - I'm doing my upgrades slowly, It'll be a while before i'm at that point.

 

not sure if you got this working or not, but mine does the exact same thing until it syncs up with the phone...it wont start blinking and doing its thing until they are talking. if I turn off the torque app it will go back to the solid red light on the adapter.

I finally got this all setup last night and downloaded the extended FORD PID's from the advanced settings.

reads oil temp, coolant temp (which I was thrilled to discover stay within a single degree of each other while the truck is moving..oil gets a tad hotter when stopped, but only by a few degrees).

both when up to running temp hovered at 180-186.

trans temp never got above 150

boost seems to be working better after I changed the VE to 95% from 85% (someone suggested that in another thread)

MPG also reads "believable" at regular speeds when you are cruising, but reads some ridiculous numbers when you are coasting to a stop even on flat ground. Now ive gone down a hill in cars and put it in neutral and seen the mpg readings go up to crazy levels, but the torque app will read 90s-100s when just letting off the pedal going 40mph or so.

yet getting back on the gas puts the mpg in the 10-20 range when driving in the city....who knows.

next goal is to find a cheap little tablet and hardwire it into the dash somewhere so i dont have to stare at my phone in my lap while I drive.

 

I guess I wasn't persistent enough the first time. I did FINALLY get it to work again. The phone kept saying they were paired, but the adapter icon in Torque wouldn't quit blinking.

I still wish I could get EOT for my 6.8L out of this thing. I was smelling some really hot motor oil on the way home tonight. Everything I can see looks OK, so I don't know what is leaking or why.

 

did you try downloading the ford PID pack from the advanced settings in the torque app?

this was the only way I got EOT to display on mine...it would not worth otherwise.

 

Yes, I did. The EOT shows up for the diesels, but seems not to be available for the gassers. :-(

 

That's because there's no sensor for EOT on a gas engine.

 

What is VE ?
The mpg readings going up very high when coasting is normal. Some vehicles shut off the injectors completely, others inject minimal fuel.
The excursion has a lot of mass and will roll for quite a while so i think it would be correct.

 

ve Im assuming is volumetric efficiency...its one of the settings to configure for the vehicle profile within TORQUE.

and yes I get that coasting makes MPG improve substantially, but I even see it jump up to over 100mpg when towing the boat and coasting to a stop.

who knows...might be super accurate...ill find out when this tank runs dry and I refill to do a hand calculation of overall MPG compared to the settings in torque.

 

I just don't believe the MPG using any of the settings I've tried. I haven't really tested it in the Excursion much, but I tested it in my Saturn for a while. I ran Torque every time I was in the car for a few weeks and had it displaying the trip, average, and instantaneous MPG and THOUGHT I was getting really great mileage by adjusting my driving. Each time I filled up the calculated mileage would be much different (lower) than what Torque was showing. There is an option in the settings for enhanced MPG calculation. If I recall, when I turned that option on it was just as far off the opposite direction as it was with it off. There is a setting in the vehicle profile that you can use to adjust the MPG numbers if you know they are off. I haven't played with that setting any.

 

I doubt its terribly far off on level ground at a regular speed.

It would read between 8.8 and 12.1mpg at 65mph on a super flat highway this weekend when towing...thats at least believable.

 

Level ground! THAT's my problem!

 

:lol

I live in florida...biggest elevation we get are overpasses!

 

Haha! Driving TO work is nearly free, but driving home is expensive!