Low Idle after installing Predator Perf. Tune
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Low Idle after installing Predator Perf. Tune
I installed the Predator tune last week and have noticed my 2001 A4 is idling at 500 RPM and surges down to 400 RPM. If I stop fast, I stall. Does anyone know what is causing this and how to resolve it. Any advise is appreciated.
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Burning Brakes
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From: TROY MI
Originally Posted by CHRIS COVE
I installed the Predator tune last week and have noticed my 2001 A4 is idling at 500 RPM and surges down to 400 RPM. If I stop fast, I stall. Does anyone know what is causing this and how to resolve it. Any advise is appreciated.
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The Predator hand held gizmo is a fantastic door stop. If you use it on your car you will be sorry. I used it on mine, and had problem with the injector banks running rich, my highway mpg went down to 26.5mpg. What I did was kept lying to myself and telling myself my car was faster than before. That was to prevent comming to the realization that I just bought and waisted 419.00+ shipping on a very hi-tech door stop. I live in Tampa Fl. I brought my car to Greg at Anti venom. I did not even get a full dyno-tune and my car is faster and smother than before and my highway mpg went to 37mpg @64mph on cruse. Think about it. A dyno tune runs about 500.00 more or less the out come is specific for your car and your car only. The predator is a little green puss ball that will work for the same year cars. I let predator know just what I thought of their product. They told me they could unlock it for me so I could sell it if that is what I wanted to do but it would cost me another 75.00 to do it. So do the math 419.00 + 75.00+ 15.00 S&H = dyno tune. I will say this about the predator I did successfully change the temps when my fans come on and off. I could have bought HP Tuners and played with that for 500.00.............maybe thats the way to go 
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The Predator hand held gizmo is a fantastic door stop. If you use it on your car you will be sorry.
I have one and it's worked miracles with my 2002 A4 coupe.
I did not even get a full dyno-tune and my car is faster and smother than before and my highway mpg went to 37mpg @64mph on cruse.
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Last edited by Mike Mercury; Oct 14, 2005 at 08:29 PM.
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I agree with Mike Mercury. I think it's a great tool and has really boosted the performance of my A4 also. (other then this idle issue)
Is there anything else I can do to adjust the idle manually. After origanally installing the program I started having problems with low idle after driving well over 100 miles. I re-installed the performance tune and drove about 50 miles and still Idles low and is stalling more frequently. Going back to stock program didn't help either. I'm not ruling out other problems that may cause this (not knowing what those may be???) but would first like to rule out Predator program.
Any advise Mike or others???
Is there anything else I can do to adjust the idle manually. After origanally installing the program I started having problems with low idle after driving well over 100 miles. I re-installed the performance tune and drove about 50 miles and still Idles low and is stalling more frequently. Going back to stock program didn't help either. I'm not ruling out other problems that may cause this (not knowing what those may be???) but would first like to rule out Predator program.
Any advise Mike or others???
Last edited by CHRIS COVE; Oct 15, 2005 at 04:20 PM.
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Originally Posted by gmosley
temper temper
im just saying 37 mpg in a vette smells like bs to me
maybe if you were driving downhill you would get 37
im just saying 37 mpg in a vette smells like bs to me
maybe if you were driving downhill you would get 37
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Originally Posted by CHRIS COVE
I found the problem, Air bridge leak. Tightend the hose clamp. Thanks Yankeevette and Mike Mercury. "Hail to the Predator"!!
I love it when a plan comes together
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From: Florida
Gmosley:
I would like to take the time to publicly apoligize to you for saying what I did say or write to you. I'm not going to comment on the down hill stuff either. What I am going to do is get on I-275 south, bring it up to 64 MPH ( why 64 I don't know, it seems to work best at that speed)
I am going to take a picture of the MPG and figure out how to post it. I've never done that before. My car is an 02' 6 speed, it has 3:46 gears, a borla XR-1 exhaust and a modified Haltech Tric Ram intake. The partial tune or tweek on the computer was done by Greg at Anti-Venom in the Tampa area. It's his tuning work that is becomming famous in this part of Florida. I am about to install a set of Kooks LTs on the car, then Cam, then a set of Dart heads. Im looking for a mid 11 sec street car . After a mod ( I've had a C-3 still own a C-4 and now this car) I always post my results so others can benifit from it or learn what not to do if I made a mistake. What I will not do is lie or inflate a result or drive down hill like the other scientist has suggested. Like Tony Montana said in the movie I have two things in this world my word and my *****, and I don't break them for nobody.
I would like to take the time to publicly apoligize to you for saying what I did say or write to you. I'm not going to comment on the down hill stuff either. What I am going to do is get on I-275 south, bring it up to 64 MPH ( why 64 I don't know, it seems to work best at that speed)
I am going to take a picture of the MPG and figure out how to post it. I've never done that before. My car is an 02' 6 speed, it has 3:46 gears, a borla XR-1 exhaust and a modified Haltech Tric Ram intake. The partial tune or tweek on the computer was done by Greg at Anti-Venom in the Tampa area. It's his tuning work that is becomming famous in this part of Florida. I am about to install a set of Kooks LTs on the car, then Cam, then a set of Dart heads. Im looking for a mid 11 sec street car . After a mod ( I've had a C-3 still own a C-4 and now this car) I always post my results so others can benifit from it or learn what not to do if I made a mistake. What I will not do is lie or inflate a result or drive down hill like the other scientist has suggested. Like Tony Montana said in the movie I have two things in this world my word and my *****, and I don't break them for nobody.
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first off 3.46 gears
6 speeds came stock with 3.42 gears in the rear
if you changed your gears and only went .06 lower your an even bigger idiot than you seem believing you get 37 mpg
how bout you put your ***** in your mouth and stop the word thats coming out and shutup you wont break them either way
pics can be photochopped and i really could care less if you get 47 mpg whoopdee doo
some people have to prove themselves to everyone but hello there are over 1000 forum members here and i bet none of them get 37 mpg the highest ive seen was 34 from someonelse on here
im skeptical on that so 37 might as well be 100
i dont care
i like how you single me out when others have made similiar comments in the same thread but thats ok i can take it
6 speeds came stock with 3.42 gears in the rear
if you changed your gears and only went .06 lower your an even bigger idiot than you seem believing you get 37 mpg
how bout you put your ***** in your mouth and stop the word thats coming out and shutup you wont break them either way
pics can be photochopped and i really could care less if you get 47 mpg whoopdee doo
some people have to prove themselves to everyone but hello there are over 1000 forum members here and i bet none of them get 37 mpg the highest ive seen was 34 from someonelse on here
im skeptical on that so 37 might as well be 100
i dont care
i like how you single me out when others have made similiar comments in the same thread but thats ok i can take it
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Originally Posted by gmosley
first off 3.46 gears
6 speeds came stock with 3.42 gears in the rear
if you changed your gears and only went .06 lower your an even bigger idiot than you seem believing you get 37 mpg
how bout you put your ***** in your mouth and stop the word thats coming out and shutup you wont break them either way
pics can be photochopped and i really could care less if you get 47 mpg whoopdee doo
some people have to prove themselves to everyone but hello there are over 1000 forum members here and i bet none of them get 37 mpg the highest ive seen was 34 from someonelse on here
im skeptical on that so 37 might as well be 100
i dont care
i like how you single me out when others have made similiar comments in the same thread but thats ok i can take it
6 speeds came stock with 3.42 gears in the rear
if you changed your gears and only went .06 lower your an even bigger idiot than you seem believing you get 37 mpg
how bout you put your ***** in your mouth and stop the word thats coming out and shutup you wont break them either way
pics can be photochopped and i really could care less if you get 47 mpg whoopdee doo
some people have to prove themselves to everyone but hello there are over 1000 forum members here and i bet none of them get 37 mpg the highest ive seen was 34 from someonelse on here
im skeptical on that so 37 might as well be 100
i dont care
i like how you single me out when others have made similiar comments in the same thread but thats ok i can take it
Im just busting your chops
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Glad you got it fixed! I had one, and I realy wanted to tune my car myself, but my mods soon got the better of me. Been there too on the loose airbridge :o Glad you got it worked out brother! 
Dave
Dave