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tdp chip
i got a 6 position chip from total diesel about a month ago and installed it, since i installed it the truck runs rough and misses below about 1500rpm and when started the truck lope idles and takes about 30seconds to smooth out, and my extreme position is not all that extreme, it doesnt smoke or pull hard or even gain after half throttle(when pulling a hill if i go past half throttle it starts to loose boost and slowly loose speed but if i back off the throttle to about half it starts boosting hard and gaining speed up the hill) the street setting is by far ten times better then my extreme setting, has anyone had this problem before and could a ebp code be causing this.
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1. Check the contacts on the PCM to make sure they are all very clean.
2. You won't get much smoke with stock injectors no matter what. You need Stage I's for smoke.
3. You might have a bad throttle position sensor if you aren't getting throttle after half throttle.
4. The street setting probably runs better because with stock injectors you will only see a max 70hp gain and the extreme 140hp setting can't get it's full potential without Stage I injectors.
2. You won't get much smoke with stock injectors no matter what. You need Stage I's for smoke.
3. You might have a bad throttle position sensor if you aren't getting throttle after half throttle.
4. The street setting probably runs better because with stock injectors you will only see a max 70hp gain and the extreme 140hp setting can't get it's full potential without Stage I injectors.
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yea it holds up for what i need it to do i wheel it in the snow, have jumped multiple snow drifts with it and i have had over 6k pounds in the bed and have pulled around 13k pounds with it
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i pulled the pcm out and cleaned the contacts really good and there is no residue on them, have been running the chip for about a month with the clean contacts and the chip is still acting up, i pulled codes and i had a ebp code which i fixed and the other code was a tranny range sensor that was not showing the computer p or n posittion, the pcm is a manual tranny pcm cause i ran it without the chip for about 3 months before putting the chip in and had no tranny sensor codes. could it be the chip was burned for a automatic tranny and that is why i am having so many problems
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Usually with stock injectors, any 100+ hp tune will have the truck fall flat on its face.
As far as I understand, you can run a chip for an auto in a manual, but I wouldn't, because the fueling tables are different for the manuals as they are the auto's.
There is a reason they burn chips for manuals and chips for auto's. IMO.
Thats probably your whole problem right there is that its for an Auto.
You should call them with your info and see if they have it recorded what tunes you were burned.
You could have stage 1 tunes as well.
Unless this was an ebay/craigslist product you picked up.
Also, as for cleaning contacts, for you and anyone else who reads.
Don't go overboard, just make sure the lacquer is off the contacts and clean. Go to far and you will take the contact off the board, as in, PCM is no good anymore, unless you know how to tear it apart, and then put gold back onto the board. Which is expensive. =)
As far as I understand, you can run a chip for an auto in a manual, but I wouldn't, because the fueling tables are different for the manuals as they are the auto's.
There is a reason they burn chips for manuals and chips for auto's. IMO.
Thats probably your whole problem right there is that its for an Auto.
You should call them with your info and see if they have it recorded what tunes you were burned.
You could have stage 1 tunes as well.
Unless this was an ebay/craigslist product you picked up.
Also, as for cleaning contacts, for you and anyone else who reads.
Don't go overboard, just make sure the lacquer is off the contacts and clean. Go to far and you will take the contact off the board, as in, PCM is no good anymore, unless you know how to tear it apart, and then put gold back onto the board. Which is expensive. =)
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[quote=Talyn;9118079]Usually with stock injectors, any 100+ hp tune will have the truck fall flat on its face.
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I disagree on that point. With mine in I was running Stage I tunes with my stock injectors and I felt a little more power with the 100hp tune vs the 60hp, but no difference between 100hp and 140hp.
Definately didn't fall flat on it's face though...
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I disagree on that point. With mine in I was running Stage I tunes with my stock injectors and I felt a little more power with the 100hp tune vs the 60hp, but no difference between 100hp and 140hp.
Definately didn't fall flat on it's face though...
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highboy, I would try an auto trans computer and see what happens. did you take too much off the contacts?? I would try sending Tony an email today and see what he says. in the mean time perhaps pull the chip out of the truck so that you don't risk messing up anything. you know something isn't right if it's acting that way. talk to Tony and you may need to send it back for a reburn.
My chip has a problem with revving sometimes when i switch positions(revs quick up to around 1400 then right back to idle) and the problem isn't in the tuning, it's in the switch so things could always be defective with the parts, but i doubt the chip or switch is a problem. Tony gets all his chips and switches from TS Performance and just throws his tunes on there. There have been a couple of defects out there, but not too terribly many on the TS chips. I'm betting that it's either the mismatched PCM, the contacts, or you got that contact coating into the chip and it's causing problems.
My chip has a problem with revving sometimes when i switch positions(revs quick up to around 1400 then right back to idle) and the problem isn't in the tuning, it's in the switch so things could always be defective with the parts, but i doubt the chip or switch is a problem. Tony gets all his chips and switches from TS Performance and just throws his tunes on there. There have been a couple of defects out there, but not too terribly many on the TS chips. I'm betting that it's either the mismatched PCM, the contacts, or you got that contact coating into the chip and it's causing problems.
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Mine does the rev up too travis.
No idea on that Brownie.
Ron had a chip in his truck, i'm sure it was for stage 1's.
He would get on it in the 100 and 140 hp tune, and it just fell flat on its face.
No idea on that Brownie.
Ron had a chip in his truck, i'm sure it was for stage 1's.
He would get on it in the 100 and 140 hp tune, and it just fell flat on its face.
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does anyone know when the best time to get ahold of tony at total diesel cause i have called him about 20-30 times and never returns a call and i have sent about 5-10 emails and he never responds back to those, and it is making me very mad cause i have had issues with this chip from day one and it sems like he just doesnt care about his work
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does anyone know when the best time to get ahold of tony at total diesel cause i have called him about 20-30 times and never returns a call and i have sent about 5-10 emails and he never responds back to those, and it is making me very mad cause i have had issues with this chip from day one and it sems like he just doesnt care about his work
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