Switched to Rotella T4 (conventional) over the weekend. We'll see what happens. Back to tuning.
I like the idea of winding it up and using compression to slow it down to seat the rings but there's a problem......that's where I have my worst tuning problems. After oil change I took it on a home depot run and it ran great until I came off the freeway on a downhill ramp. I dropped it down twice, when I hit second it went up to about 3000 and I started getting some popping/light backfiring out the tailpipe. And it seems like after that event happens, my idle gets messed up. 100-200 higher than commanded and some hunting with a range of about +/- 75 rpm. Then after an engine stop and restart, it seems to be back to normal, idling at commanded speed and no hunting. I have only seen that behavior a few times though so I don't know if it's consistent.
I've been shopping for a WB kit. Suggestions? I'll probably just go with a typical AEM kit with gauge and sensor. How does logging work with a kit like this? Sorry for the dumb questions, but does data go through my ECM (extra channels?) or does it go directly to my laptop/tuner pro and then logged simultaneously? I've read some threads on the former method and it seems like that may be out of my league. Or maybe I should forego simultaneous logging altogether to keep it simple? Again, if it sounds like I don't have a clue what I'm doing, it's because I don't! Is there a WB tuning for dummies thread that someone could point me to?
Popping out the tail pipe is rich, not unusual, I had to take some fuel out there too but I only have 19.5 psi. I think it will be especially bad if you have the fuel pressure jacked way up to almost 30 lbs. That is why I don't like to run any higher fuel pressure than really necessary as there is a trade off sometimes in transitions not being as clean. Hopefully you can work it out by adjusting the VE table more. I like the AEM X-series that has some improvements over the older version you linked to. I use the wide band sensor in that series, you have to redo the math, but its fairly easy.
Thanks. My fuel pressure is only 13 psi, so that shouldn’t be the problem. I think my surging, popping, and general bad behavior during decel are timing or O2 sensor related. I’ve been noticing O2 output readings drop to near zero (low double digits) every time it surges.
I’ll take a look at the AEM X-series, thanks.
So I tried an experiment today. Burned a new chip that had closed loop tuned out - wouldn’t come on till 150 deg. C. Runs great, all decel surging problems are eliminated by running in open loop only. Of course I know I can’t keep it like that, but at least I know for sure that this is a closed-loop problem. Now just to figure out what it is.
Just a thought, have you tried DFCO (Decel Fuel Cut-Off)? My 88 (7747) came with it, good for engine braking too.
Hmmm, interesting thought - I was considering DFCO as possibly part of the problem and actually tuned it out at one point (didn’t help) but I haven’t considering it as the solution. So right now my .bin is set up thus for DFCO:
Scalars:
DFCO Exit Fuel BPW Adder: 1.95 mSec
DFCO Delay Time: 4 sec
DFCO Max TPS: 1.56%
DFCO BPW Multiplier Step: 0.37 Mult by
Tables:
DFCO RPM Limits: HI 1650 / LO 1350 RPM
DFCO MPH Limits: HI 25 / LO 20 MPH
DFCO MAP Limits: HI 15.88 / LO 28.06
Suggestions on adjusting things to make DFCO more functional/used more often? It seems like such a narrow band of parameters where it actually gets used.
Would there be any way to just make decel switch to/stay in Open Loop?
Here's where mine were set, HTH
My 8625 PCM using OD has some similar and some different DFCO values, yours make more sense to me.
I have AFR surging during deceleration but it's not overly noticeable in the vehicle. Your experiment with trying open loop made me think about looking at an old log I took with closed loop off. Sure enough there are no large AFR swings when decelerating in open loop compared to the large swings when in closed loop.
It will be interesting to see what you find to be the cause, I suspect it will help solve my issue as well.
I would look at your idle proportional gains and proportional duration. The gains and durations are designed to make the air fuel ratio swing rich and lean for proper cat operation. When you increase the fuel delivery by upping the pressure or changing injector size and add transient time by moving the 02 sensor downstream from the stock location you effect these.
Hi Fast, I think you're right that the problem is linked to my increased fuel pressure.
I'm not sure that my idle parameters have qualified during deceleration, even though the throttle is closed I would have thought my MPH was still too high. I've also been running open loop at idle rather than closed loop.
I had a look for proportional gains and these are some that I found, do you think any of those are worth playing around with or should I be looking for something else?
Thanks. Would those be the scalars "proportional amplitude idle mult" and "proportional duration idle"? amplitude is currently at 0.08 and duration is at 150 mSec -- should I go up or down on both?
What is the preferred method to force open loop idle? I want to try that to see if that helps my issue at all.
From memory I set the "Open loop Idle Temperature Threshold" to it's maximum of 151.3° and that keeps it open loop at idle, unless the engine goes above 151.3°!
Thanks for the info. But, As is the case with many parameters in my $85 mask file, none of my scalars match up with that title. I have speed and TPS to enable OL idle, but no coolant temp threshold that I can use to lock it in. I also looked at the closed loop parameters -- nothing there that would lock it in to OL idle, just stuff to keep it out of CL overall (timers and temp threshold)
I made some progress today, despite the above. Per Dave W suggestions, along with others in this thread, I adjusted DFCO, idle parameters, and some O2 parameters based on the AWAP bin, which is for a 91-93, 454, 4L80e. I'm still getting some oscillation at lower RPM but decel at higher RPM seems to be getting better. Slightly better driveability overall.
Also per Dave W, it sounds like my '7060 PCM may not work with WB, unfortunately. I think I could still get some benefit from a WB setup, but it would have to be independent of my PCM. Still wondering if I could feed the WB output directly in to tunerPro and somehow have it sync with PCM data.
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