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Old Aug 6, 2021 | 09:47 AM
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Having a hard time searching this up so I thought I'd ask.

I have a Gen3 4.8 with a cam and turbo. I've been dialing in the tune (ie learning how to tune) for some time now. I'm fairly happy with it but I've always had an annoying problem I'm finally getting to which is addressing a stumble just after startup. I believe this is happening when the system transitions from Startup to Idle which is typically -/+2 seconds or so...

I see plenty of parameters I think might help but I'd like to get a little more direction before I start experimenting as the problem lessens after the truck is warmed up so I have maybe 2-3 startups before it has to sit for 60 minutes so the problem can be repeated.
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Originally Posted by epfatboy
Having a hard time searching this up so I thought I'd ask.

I have a Gen3 4.8 with a cam and turbo. I've been dialing in the tune (ie learning how to tune) for some time now. I'm fairly happy with it but I've always had an annoying problem I'm finally getting to which is addressing a stumble just after startup. I believe this is happening when the system transitions from Startup to Idle which is typically -/+2 seconds or so...

I see plenty of parameters I think might help but I'd like to get a little more direction before I start experimenting as the problem lessens after the truck is warmed up so I have maybe 2-3 startups before it has to sit for 60 minutes so the problem can be repeated.
Check your IAC. I had a problem that never made sense until I realized the IAC counts were never resetting to the same place. I basically had random numbers instead of legit values on every new startup. A new IAC motor fixed it. You can't tune your way out of a hardware problem. That being said, you could have a software issue, but if this is the case, the idle tuning stickies at the top of this forum have you covered.
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