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Fleet Owner
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They do have an EBP sensor, but a later PCM flash eliminated the sensor input from the turbo operation (called the 06E17 flash, or inferred EBP flash). That flash causes the EBP to be inferred from primarily the MAF sensor.
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Mountain Pass
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From: AK
So, what kind of questions do I need to be finding the answers to? The previous owner is of no help, he owned it less than a year and only drove it probably 2,000 miles in that year.
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Mountain Pass
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From: AK
That went over my head by just a little bit lol
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The easiest way I know of to see if it has a tune on it with out paying, is take a tuner if ya have access to one.
Set the vehicle that the tuner is being used on back to stock. That will free up the tuner for use on another vehicle.
Plug it in to your truck. It will tell you right away if there is a tune on your truck. You won't be able to do anything as far as tunes go, on it. You will need to get a reflash.
Set the vehicle that the tuner is being used on back to stock. That will free up the tuner for use on another vehicle.
Plug it in to your truck. It will tell you right away if there is a tune on your truck. You won't be able to do anything as far as tunes go, on it. You will need to get a reflash.
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From: Almost Heaven
Boot was the first thing that caught my eye also. Altenator second. Looks stock and at your mileage, probably needs replaced. Are you monitoring critical pids? My battery alarm started yelling at me on the highway so I knew it was time for an altenator. Defenitely want to keep an eye on it. Ed has some good info on altenators and batteries on his very informative site.
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FICMRepair.com - FORD Powerstroke 6.0 FICM Repair, PHP Tuning and Truck Parts
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Mountain Pass
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From: AK
Boot was the first thing that caught my eye also. Altenator second. Looks stock and at your mileage, probably needs replaced. Are you monitoring critical pids? My battery alarm started yelling at me on the highway so I knew it was time for an altenator. Defenitely want to keep an eye on it. Ed has some good info on altenators and batteries on his very informative site.
FICMRepair.com - FORD Powerstroke 6.0 FICM Repair, PHP Tuning and Truck Parts
FICMRepair.com - FORD Powerstroke 6.0 FICM Repair, PHP Tuning and Truck Parts
I don't have a means to monitor pids (not sure what that stands for honestly). I bought a ScanGauge II recently but it doesn't seem to want to sync to the truck properly. I should be able to monitor FICM voltage using it but I can't seem to find the setting.
I've read that 150,000 miles is about when the original alternators will go out, which is coming up very soon for me! Looking at the 190 amp DC Power one on that website there...
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More Turbo
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From: Almost Heaven
Thanks for that reference. I'll be looking into his website and doing my research.
I don't have a means to monitor pids (not sure what that stands for honestly).
OBD-II PIDs - Wikipedia
I bought a ScanGauge II recently but it doesn't seem to want to sync to the truck properly. I should be able to monitor FICM voltage using it but I can't seem to find the setting. Should be some threads or somebody here to help you with that. If you don't get anything here, try starting a new thread. Sorry I cant help, Edge kind of guy.
I've read that 150,000 miles is about when the original alternators will go out, which is coming up very soon for me! Looking at the 190 amp DC Power one on that website there...
I don't have a means to monitor pids (not sure what that stands for honestly).
OBD-II PIDs - Wikipedia
I bought a ScanGauge II recently but it doesn't seem to want to sync to the truck properly. I should be able to monitor FICM voltage using it but I can't seem to find the setting. Should be some threads or somebody here to help you with that. If you don't get anything here, try starting a new thread. Sorry I cant help, Edge kind of guy.
I've read that 150,000 miles is about when the original alternators will go out, which is coming up very soon for me! Looking at the 190 amp DC Power one on that website there...
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Mountain Pass
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From: AK
How does the alternator help with battery drain when the truck isn't running? You mean the battery recharges faster?
More Turbo
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From: Almost Heaven
It doesn't. When you start yur truck the glow plugs stay on for short period of time drawing 230 amps. Thats why some go with the 230 amp alt and cable upgrade. The alternator will offset this, if its output is large enough. My battery alarm would go off until the gp cycle was done with the stock alt. It no longer does that with the 190 amp alt.
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Mountain Pass
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From: AK
It doesn't. When you start yur truck the glow plugs stay on for short period of time drawing 230 amps. Thats why some go with the 230 amp alt and cable upgrade. The alternator will offset this, if its output is large enough. My battery alarm would go off until the gp cycle was done with the stock alt. It no longer does that with the 190 amp alt.
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Mountain Pass
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From: AK
Ah gotcha. I'm running stock, no tuner/programmer. Not monitoring anything except the lights on the dash lol