edge programmer and now a bad pcm
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edge programmer and now a bad pcm
Hello there all, new to the site. From what i have read you all are great with advice. Now the problem i have a 97 f250 w/ 7.3, i spent the weekend upgrading with K/n air system, new 4inch exhast, egt gauge and the edge programmer. with the k/n and exhast only took off about a second and half off of time. very pleased could not wait to install progammer and that is when it all went south. it would not load past 24%. after talking with edge's tech staff, they and my mechanic think pcm is now shot. any thought of where to get one and how much do they run? should i chance loading programmer on new pcm? I am pulling 30' 5th wheel and am planning on heading to the rockys and the added hp would be nice. Comments??? thanks in advance
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Well your tale is not the only one I have heard related to the Edge. Does the truck run at all? I really don't know anything about the Edge. If I were you I would send it back and get your money back then spend it on a chip from Tony Wildman here
http://www.totaldieselperformance.com/
Does the Wait to start light come on when you turn the key on?
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Does the Wait to start light come on when you turn the key on?
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no the wts light does not come on at all, i have talked with jordan from edge and he has helped me out by sending me the back to stock programmer and a new programmer, however the back to stock will not load past 24%. my buddy (mechanic) has hooked up to the truck and he told me that pcm is not responding to the computer he hooked up. if i have to buy new pcm the wife is not wanting me to put any chip on
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Oh its the back to stock programmer. Well I think Edge now owes you shipping and reflash money to send your PCM to DP-Tuner to have it flashed to stock. Or have them pay to have Ford do it. This problem is usually only on Edge programmers. I have not heard of superchips do it and an actual chip does have any problems as long as the key is off when you install the chip.
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and no my truck does not start, just sits there looking pretty with new add ons ( feel like beating something or crying) sucks because i was told that edge was so good def thinkin twice now!!
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pardon my stupidity what are you asking ? a cel ? just info the guys at edge said that it might be a voltage issue so i bought two new batterys and tried to instal back to stock and 24 was the highest it went.
thanks so far............
thanks so far............
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I'm sorry to hear that your having problems with your edge.. I have one and I love mine.. no problems so far in mine truck or my moms 7.3 SUV.. but once you get your PCM reflashed I would get a TW chip.. I'll be getting one this summer, but I'm still glad I got the evo..
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Originally Posted by doncraig
pardon my stupidity what are you asking ? a cel ? just info the guys at edge said that it might be a voltage issue so i bought two new batterys and tried to instal back to stock and 24 was the highest it went.
thanks so far............
thanks so far............
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i know where u can get a PCM. the guy has them (prolly 30-50) of them stacked up on a shelf along with oodles of IDM's and buckets of injector cores. he has most stuff you'd ever need, but not my FPR spring i needed lol
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with the key on the check engine light is on, however it isnt dim, its good and bright, no wts light, have checked all fuses and all good.....when i installed the programmer it took the stock settings and proceed to download tow setting and thats it the highest it ever got was 82%, and thats trying it about 8 times
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you need to get the whole truck to the dealer, they should only charge about 50 bucks. they can reprogram your pcm as if it were a blank unit. they will manually program the truck using "as built" data from ford. not a hard thing to do if you get a diesel tech that knows what he is doing. i have had some luck programming them in the situation you describe. since it did run and you never got it programmed you have a 90% chance of being able to have it flashed. if you had it die after programming i would condem the pcm. All you should need to do is get the truck to the dealer and they can flash it.