AutoEnginuity Power Balance Help
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AutoEnginuity Power Balance Help
I'm trying to use AE to find my problem cylinder on an '05 F250 6.0. The issue I'm having is that the AE power balance graph disappears around 1000rpm or above. I am familiar with the Ford WDS, and how the power balance should look. The WDS will display the graph no matter what the RPM is. I was hoping AE could replace my old dinosaur WDS but I feel it might not be as advanced as I thought. I have a miss under load around 1800-2000rpm, and there is no way that I can see it using AE. No codes. Am I doing something wrong? I'm still learning and practicing with the AE software. Thanks for any input
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Well I emailed AE this morning and am awaiting reply. I also mentioned how I very frequently get an error message when trying to use the activations menu after installing the new 10.0 version with the security dongle. Anyone else experience this? I hope there is some kind of resolution for the power balance because it's a pretty useless feature if it only reads at around idle speeds. Usually when you have a miss that bad it throws a code anyway. I'll keep this post updated
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I wouldn't say AE is useless; but at the same time your no the first person to say they have a stumble about 1800-2000rpm and can't figure it out with AE. I've tried doing a balance/contribution test with the high idle on (1200rpm) in my truck...thinking a steady throttle will keep the graph in place. The graph disappears within seconds of the engine idling up. If AutoEnginuity has a solution to this, I'm all ears...especially for future reference. I will say all of my injector issues have be rather simple to find...a code is stored, a KOER will find it or contribution/balance test will point it out.
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I wouldn't say AE is useless; but at the same time your no the first person to say they have a stumble about 1800-2000rpm and can't figure it out with AE. I've tried doing a balance/contribution test with the high idle on (1200rpm) in my truck...thinking a steady throttle will keep the graph in place. The graph disappears within seconds of the engine idling up. If AutoEnginuity has a solution to this, I'm all ears...especially for future reference. I will say all of my injector issues have be rather simple to find...a code is stored, a KOER will find it or contribution/balance test will point it out.
And by no means am I calling the AE program useless, I actually really like it for the price. But I will call the power balance pretty useless if it can only display at idle. Even on my 5.4's and 6.8's I have to put them in gear and rev up to see a problem cylinder in power balance. Hopefully I hear from them soon...
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