Bad ECM?
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Melting Slicks
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From: Tumwater, WA
Bad ECM?
I have a 2016 C7 Z51 C7 with the ECS SC on it and just moved to Hawaii and am in the process of getting the car retuned for the change in elevation and gas type. The tuner is having trouble getting the tune to work right. PSI is low and there seems to be no visible boost leak but there are no smoker machines in Hawaii from what Im told.
The main issue is the commanded timing is not what we are getting and if he makes a change to the timing then the car bogs down and is getting too much fuel. Now he didn't change anything about the fuel when this happens.
The car has only been tuned with HP tuners back at old station and then now here. Could the ECM (ECU?) be acting weird and need replacing?
The main issue is the commanded timing is not what we are getting and if he makes a change to the timing then the car bogs down and is getting too much fuel. Now he didn't change anything about the fuel when this happens.
The car has only been tuned with HP tuners back at old station and then now here. Could the ECM (ECU?) be acting weird and need replacing?
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Melting Slicks
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Can a tuner initialize them? I thought they would cost more so that's good. How much did the dealer charge to initialize? Thanks.
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The dealer charged me about $220 I think but has to do it in the car (not on the bench). So now I have a fully original ECM in my car with no warranty block (I checked in GM Global Connect) and a spare ECM with my no-AFM tune and so on. But it's in a physical location that's a paint to swap. Wish it was just sitting under the hood like the C4 was!
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Melting Slicks
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From: Tumwater, WA
Thanks for all the replies guys. Im really hoping my tuner can pin point the issue in tuning and not have to get the ECM. But he says he has sent it to HP tuners and a friend who does alot of vette tunes and they say it looks pretty good but its not doing well really. Very limited tuners here on the island.
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Melting Slicks
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Whats really perplexing him and me is that we cant get the commanded timing, its always under by a good bit and when at WOT the car seems to bog down. Got good gas but tuner saw that at WOT too much gas was being given causing it to bog down. Got it fixed some but not good enough. He put new plugs in too.
Read something in HP tuners forum about the KR going over 3* will cause ECM to go to low octane table. Seem like that could be a possible cause?
Read something in HP tuners forum about the KR going over 3* will cause ECM to go to low octane table. Seem like that could be a possible cause?
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