Ok so I just purchased a ScanGuage II. What are the most important things I should be checking and monitoring with it? I'm new to the 6.0 world so any help would be greatly appreciated

 

Most of the folks here will display ECT and EOT so you can keep tabs on the deltas, and likely the FMP and VLT......FICM main power and volts, crucial to keeping the injectors happy and just as important keeping the FICM happy.

I like to mix it up sometimes and my son(actual owner lol) likes the boost pid and the average milage pid.

 

It still cracks me up that people still call a differential between ECT and EOT a delta. A delta has three reference points not two. Anybody taken geometry?

 

I suppose we could all start calling it Delta t, although I highly doubt that will happen.

 

I think there are a few of us here who have never typed the "D" word in a post. No biggie, I understand what they are talking about and fight back my urges to be a grammar/spelling ****. It is hard sometimes to not point it out especially if it's funny. I'm sure you guys cut me some slack on my spelling because sometimes I catch it later. I'm a serial editor of my own posts.

What would be the best (shortest) way to say it? Temp differential maybe?

 

I like temp split

 

Gotcha. Thanks like I said I'm still new to this stuff so what are the acceptable ranges for each of those gauges?

 

Admittedly there are chapters written on this but here goes: Ford specs no more than 15* between oil(EOT) and water(FWT) (oil will be the warmer of the two) when driving 65mph (personally I think 1800RPM's better, it eliminates gearing issues ) unloaded on flat ground for 20 minutes after engine is fully warmed up and heat soaked. I am to understand the coolant needs to be 190* and up for this to be an accurate test.
The FMP should be( approx.)47.0 to 48.0 constantly and never less than 45.0

The VLT should be in the 13.2 to 14.2 roughly, when the glow plugs have deactivated.


Go here for all 6.0 specific Xguages: http://www.scangauge.com/support/x-g...cific-xgauges/
scroll down the list to the 6.0 grid

 

Ok sounds good. I've got those items programmed in and will keep an eye on them. Thanks!

 

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A couple of the gauges you need are preprogrammed into the ScanGauge out of the box. The rest need to be set up. These are referred to as XGauges. It takes a few minutes to do the first one or two but you'll get faster at it .

Here's a quick video on how to put the numbers in:
Entering codes on SGII

Here is a list of codes you can use for a 6.0 powered truck(there are more):
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/a...8&d=1337911266

Here is a thread with a good list of what all the sensors SHOULD read:
Operating values
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...st-please.html


And just so you can figure out what all these letters mean:
Acronyms
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/821641-acronyms.html

Hope I ain't overloading you but this info will get you a long way in working on your truck. It is a lot of stuff but you don't have to know it all as long as you know how to find it.

Also, in this thread, there is spreadsheet that is very handy for keeping track of your numbers. (Thanks Piolet)
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...-attached.html

 

I'm a relatively new 6.0 owner, October of last year. When I first came here all I heard about was deltas. I never questioned it, although I thought it an awkward term. Glad to know now that it is incorrect, that satisfies my inner grammar ****. Probably if I looked back through my posts I would find a 50/50 mix of delta/temp difference. Delta IS a shorter word to type. So is poop.

Now back to our regularly scheduled thread.

 

Since are splitting hairs, here you go. A term I use daily in my work with HVAC and HEPA filtration in the research sites I manage.

“Delta T” is the most common use of the word delta in the HVAC industry, meaning temperature difference. If the temperature before a cooling coil is 75F and the temperature after the cooling coil is 55F, subtract 55F from a 75F to find a delta t of 20F. "

Incorrect yes and no, if we don't add the "t" every licking time we post it here. Tomato, tomahto......I think we all know what is implied.

 

"When in Rome, do like the Romans" I think everyone here knows what is implied when the term is used to reference to temp spreads. Just sayin.

 

Now lets take it easy boys,I know some people get their panties in a bunch over spelling and grammar.........just don't want us to sound like some winy liberals on which bathroom to use........LOL

 

Lol