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Old May 19, 2009 | 06:12 PM
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cylinder contribution test, here's the codes

p0263
p0266
p0269

anyone have any idea what these mean? i'm hoping one or more cylinders aren't low
 
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Old May 19, 2009 | 08:46 PM
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The codes say that 1, 2 and 3 were not contributing during the test. What scanner were you using? How many times did you run the CCT? I've ran it back to back a number of times with AE and had it fail on 2, 3 or 4 different cylinders each time and even failed on all 8 once. Did you notice what your EOT was? There is a minimum required to run the test but I've found that when temps are near the minimum it will fail cylinders but if it's closer to 200* they all pass.
 
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Old May 19, 2009 | 09:59 PM
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sound like the test is unreliable but what do I know, I've never done one.
 
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Old May 20, 2009 | 07:57 AM
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The codes say that 1, 2 and 3 were not contributing during the test. What scanner were you using? How many times did you run the CCT? I've ran it back to back a number of times with AE and had it fail on 2, 3 or 4 different cylinders each time and even failed on all 8 once. Did you notice what your EOT was? There is a minimum required to run the test but I've found that when temps are near the minimum it will fail cylinders but if it's closer to 200* they all pass.
EOT was around 165*, i'm guessing that's why it got cofused!! and yes i was using my scangauge

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sound like the test is unreliable but what do I know, I've never done one.
definitely sounds like the scangauge is not very reliable with this test
 
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Old May 21, 2009 | 01:37 PM
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if it was below 170 the test is not supposed to run
 
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Old May 21, 2009 | 02:41 PM
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if it was below 170 the test is not supposed to run
it might've been slightly over 170? i'm not sure on the actual temp, i'll try it again within the next couple days and make sure its 180+
 
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Old May 22, 2009 | 05:41 AM
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Originally Posted by glasseater
EOT was around 165*, i'm guessing that's why it got cofused!! and yes i was using my scangauge



definitely sounds like the scangauge is not very reliable with this test
Its not the Scanguage its the test in general. No matter what scan tool you use it could have that issue.
 
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Old May 22, 2009 | 07:38 AM
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Its not the Scanguage its the test in general. No matter what scan tool you use it could have that issue.
thanks tim, in that case i'm guessing its just cause it wasn't warmed up enough?
 
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run the crap out of it then pull over and run the test.
 
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Old May 22, 2009 | 12:59 PM
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i'll try that coon and see what happens
 
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