TOWING ISSUES..OR IS IT ME??
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TOWING ISSUES..OR IS IT ME??
2000 F350 DUALLY GVWR IS 11200...TOWING A CAMPER AT 9400 PLUS PEOPLE AND GEAR SO IM PROBABLY LOOKING AT 22000. I HAVE A ECM? CHIP THAT SAYS NVK4 80. WHICH I BELIEVE IS FOR ECONOMY. MY ISSUE IS TOWING...I CANT SEEM TO GET UP HILLS UNLESS I SLAM THE PEDAL TO THE FLOOR AND FROM STANDING STILL IF IM AT AN INCLINE I HAVE DIFFICULTY GOING UP HILL..EVEN DOWNHILL THE TRUCK ACTUALLY SEEMS TO SLOW DOWN..I DONT KNOW IF ITS A TRANNY ISSUE OR WHAT..ANY INSIGHT TO THIS WOULD BE APPRECIATED..ITS ACTUALLY A HEADACHE FOR ME TO DO NOW...IVE PULLED THE CHIP AND IT ACTUALLY SEEMS TO TOW ALITTLE BETTER BUT I DONT KNOW WHERE TO TURN..A BETTER CHIP MAYBE? I JUST DONT SEEM TO HAVE THE POWER THAT I BELIEVE I SHOULD HAVE..
Last edited by DUALLYNOTED; Sep 17, 2010 at 04:04 PM. Reason: ADD
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Sorry for the Caps...I just did a MBRP 4" stainless exhaust, single..I have tranny gauge, Boost gauge and egt gauge..And Yes..when I was slamming pedal the check engine light came on then it went off...Happenned a couple of times with the chip in but none when I removed it..My boost will go up to 22-24 or so during this time too and EGTs generally dont go over 1100. I have no issues with start up or the way she runs, Its just the towing
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Is this a new issue, or has it always done this? Maybe it's defueling at the higher boost levels that are required to make it up a hill.
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In normal operation my 7.3 pulls 20k sets even on 7% grades without downshifting for about 1/2 mile. All stock.
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