Engine Idle Shut Down Timer
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In my experience, the above is correct. Both trucks are diesel. My truck with push button will turn itself off after 30 mins, the keyed truck does not (only tested for 1.5 hrs). There is a thread on this somewhere already, in that thread they talk about using forscan to turn it off. Not sure what the final outcome was.
Tuned
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You can’t disable the 30min timer on forscan. The dealer can or won’t disable it either. There have been a few medic vehicles that have tried and had no success. The o oh way to disable the 30min timer is to disable it in the menu which resets to enabled at every start up.
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No truck has a temperature shut down timer, or a "turbo timer". The timer for shutdown for engine left running is limited to 15 minutes for engine on, and remote start is limited as well, but can be extended to 30 minutes. This is an economy, fuel issue, and excessive idling is bad for the engine and DPF in particular. In my opinion, Its really not necessary unless your towing a giant hill with a huge load, and then stopping and shutting down. By the time you park, take off your seatbelt, turn down the stereo, find your wallet, it will be cooled down and can be shut off. If your fan is still wailing and your engine coolant and engine oil temps are still over 210 f, 105 C, then it will be needing 5 - 10 minutes, let it idle for two minutes and you will see the change in temps go down and fan shut down. If not, shut off and remote start, it will idle for max 30 minutes, but heh, that's a lot of unnecessary burnt fuel for my liking. YMMV
Tuned
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I've been using this for years on my 2001 CCSB. Like I said it's for the dog and not the turbo, I have only used it one time for the turbo, after pulling a long hill in 100 deg heat we stopped and let it idle for a bit while we enjoyed the view.
https://puredieselpower.com/ford/for...lifesaver.html
https://puredieselpower.com/ford/for...lifesaver.html
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I have a 2017 super duty xl. My remote start options are 5 and 15 minutes. What have ya’ll done to get 30? I checked FORScan and didn’t see much. 15 minutes isnt enough to warm up on Colorado mornings. If it shuts off I have to remember what time I turned it on in the am wait for it to turn off as I’m getting ready for work then remote start again. Super annoying and results in excessive start ups. Thank you.
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This is from the owners manual. I haven’t heard of hitting lock three times. Do you have the factory equipped remote start or is it the added plug and play kit? I only know how to use the factory equipped start system.
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It was dealer installed... maybe I need to call them. I absolutely despise dealers ugh but for some reason purchased from a dealer. I confirmed hitting my sequence again shuts it off. I’ll will post what the stealership tells me.
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When I ordered my 2018 F-350, I neglected to get the engine Idle Shut down timer feature. I'm beginning to learn that Ford programs the trucks with all the options and activates them when you order them.
Has anyone found a tech that knows how to activate this feature or is there someone out there that knows how?
Has anyone found a tech that knows how to activate this feature or is there someone out there that knows how?
So long as the break is pressed down enugh for the break lights are on, the vehicle will not automatically shut down while idling.
as u can see in this picture, my tool of choice for this is a mesuring tape but pretty well anything works
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During an extended wait for a tow truck on the highway to change a flat on my fifth wheel I had a message come up about 30 mins into that time that said something about extended idle time and do I want to continue idling. Simple click on OK and I kept going.