06 seems low on power - but have plenty of fuel
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06 seems low on power - but have plenty of fuel
My 06 in the last month seems to be getting low on power. I'm currently running the Smarty on level 3, and the quad is off. It seems to take forever for the turbo to spool up, but after that, according to the guage, I'm getting normal levels of boost. I'm getting a ton of black smoke, so I know I'm getting fuel - and EGT's aren't really out of hand (although I havent had time to do much testing). This seemed to start after I loaded level three on it after running on 7 (but I towed with it for a week right after changing levels, so my "seat of the pants" dyno didn't have a chance to calibrate!).
What things should I start checking?
What things should I start checking?
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Kinda what I was thinking - is there an area that would be more succeptible to low end boost leaks (since it seems to do ok once it starts building boost)?
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I did a fairly quick look and push/pull on all the hoses/clamps last night and nothing obvious showed up. The filter is maybe 5% clogged....not bad, seen it much worse than that (not much dust here in the city). I did change the Smarty back to 7 finally, so I'll see how that feels. I may have just gotten used to how it felt on 7 earlier this summer, but something just didnt feel right. I did notice that I have the timing on the Smarty set to 4, all others are at default.
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Good suggestions.
Did you get some leak detector soap and spray all the inter cooler connections to check for boost leaks?
Timing 4 on the Revo program is for fuel economy, correct?
If so, that is where mine is set and it smokes a lot less than any other timing number...
Timing 4 on the Revo program is for fuel economy, correct?
If so, that is where mine is set and it smokes a lot less than any other timing number...
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And yes on the 4 setting. That's why I'm thinking its smoking too much. Do you get any timing rattle on 4? I don't.
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No rattle for me, either.
I'm running SW 5 with the timing on 4 right now.
With the same SW, and everything on default, it smoked like a freight train for some reason...
Now I really have to lug it to get it to smoke.
I'm running SW 5 with the timing on 4 right now.
With the same SW, and everything on default, it smoked like a freight train for some reason...
Now I really have to lug it to get it to smoke.
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Hasn't it been abnormally hot up there the last week or two?
When it get over 95 here, my truck smokes like crazy and takes what seems like forever to spool.
Maybe this is what you got going on?
When it get over 95 here, my truck smokes like crazy and takes what seems like forever to spool.
Maybe this is what you got going on?
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After that run, I have a suspicion that my Commander is giving a bad boost number. Remember that my Smarty is set to the defaults with the exception of the timing on 4, which means the wastegate is turned on. However on that short run, my boost hit 45....that shouldn't be possible - should it?