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Old 05-05-2008, 08:29 PM
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Has anyone ever had an issue with their fuel trims going lean during the summer with a tune developed during the winter? I tuned my car during the winter and was averaging -2 to +2 on LTFT but now they are mostly lean ranging form +3 to +7. Could the transition of gasoline (winter to summer) have anything to do with this to impact my fuel trims now?
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Cold air is has more mass. That is why the are fuel trims. Hot humid air has alot less mass than col dry air.
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If that's the case (and I know that your description of air mass IS correct), why are his trims adding fuel instead of removing fuel? What sensor component or PCM table is lying to the PCM?

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Cold air is has more mass. That is why the are fuel trims. Hot humid air has alot less mass than col dry air.
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I agree with your response Yellow Toy/A but as Billf6531 said I would have expected the fuel trims to be a bit more negative. By the way I have already added some fuel to the fuel trims adjusting the VE in the 800 - 2800 RPM,
30 - 65 kPa range, but I did not notice that much of a change. The only thing that I have done differently is disconnect the MAF which was connected during the winter tuning that I was doing. But I doubt that is the issue given that the MAF was dissabled at the begining of the tuning. Anyone else have any input? I am at a loss i will reconnect the MAF and keep logging and report back if anything changes.




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