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Old May 20, 2008 | 08:22 AM
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i have been having on going fuel problems but finally replaced the fuel pump and the truck feels great it responds better runs better its all around a better truck now. but do you guys think it would be wise to have it re-tuned. could my afr be thrown off a little by making this change
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Old May 20, 2008 | 12:23 PM
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the pcm usually re-learns.
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Old May 20, 2008 | 01:13 PM
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IMO if you were orginally tuned with low fuel pressure, more than likely your tuner compensated by richening up the values in your MAF or VE table. Now with good fuel pressure, you might be running rich? Was it a live tune or mail order?
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Old May 21, 2008 | 10:35 PM
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i have a live tune so it would be a good idea to re-tune
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Old May 21, 2008 | 10:47 PM
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Originally Posted by bluedream02
i have a live tune so it would be a good idea to re-tune
or at least have the log it... has your MPG gone down or up any?
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