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Jan 22, 2016 | 06:57 PM

Walleye Hunter

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Big Change in Power

I don't know what is going on and maybe someone will have some insight.

A little background:

I bought this truck 3rd hand about 2 years ago and it's pretty tricked out. It's chipped but it seems that the PCM is programmed, not an additional piece of hardware and it is (was) fast. It would build nearly 30 lbs of boost. Last summer it refused to start one time but started after a few attempts, no issues since. I'm older now and drive like an older man but last summer I went to get into the fuel peddle and it acted like a stock set up.

Since it ran fine otherwise I did nothing but kept driving and suspected that my programming went back to stock when it refused to start. Now, I just changed the oil to T6 and it is cold outside (I know that winter air is denser than summer air and therefore burns better) and it is back to running like it used to. What could cause this?

Thanks,
Mark

Jan 22, 2016 | 08:12 PM

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Good luck and karma paying you back for your hard work and efforts to get the truck running right?

Jan 22, 2016 | 08:52 PM

Walleye Hunter

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Good luck and karma paying you back for your hard work and efforts to get the truck running right?

I like the sounds of that but I really haven't done too much to it. Now if I had done the up pipes, the intake system, or turbo boots I'd say yes.

Jan 22, 2016 | 10:10 PM

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If you happened to dig into the floorboard with cold engine oil temperature, the response would be... shall we say... lackluster.

Jan 22, 2016 | 11:19 PM

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No chip in the back of the PCM? When I had a superchip on the PCM it went bad once and I removed it and it was fine. Did you look at the case of the pcm to see if there was a chip?

Jan 23, 2016 | 09:04 AM

Walleye Hunter

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Aaaaa not sure on the engine temp but that could be the culprit.

Looked at PCM and no evidence of chip attached.

Jan 23, 2016 | 10:40 AM

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My programing will act stock until it gets to about 155 degrees. It gives alittle more as the temp rises, then at about 180 it lights right up. Just curious, does it have a stock turbo? 30PSI burns out the bearing pretty quick.