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Cold start - GPR not lighting - 2000 - 7170 9404 85 tune

Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2009 5:06 pm
by jermort
Curious,, anyone having cold start issues?
I am not throwing a code, but when the outside temp is below ~ 28f, the GPR is not actuating. I am getting a normal wait to start lamp, but a meter test proves the GPR is not operating. I hear a slight buzzing under the hood, but have not been able to isolate other than it is NOT the GPR. Replaced GPR just as a hunch, no joy (and a bithc) to start...

ANYONE???

RE: Cold start - GPR not lighting - 2000 - 7170 9404 85 tune

Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2009 5:33 pm
by mikel
Do you see this issue with stock tune installed?

RE: Cold start - GPR not lighting - 2000 - 7170 9404 85 tune

Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2009 5:36 pm
by pic350ford
check to see if you are getting the 12 volts to energize the solonoid , you can take a hot lead from the battery and touch the
+ side of the relay. you should hear a click when the relay pulls in.... then check to make sure the work side of the solonoid is reading 12 volts. check to make sure there is resistance on the glow plug side of the solonoid. most likely it is a burnt wire somewhere. glow plugs tend to take a lot of amps.. the light on the dash dont mean nothing. it will come on and off regardless of the glowplugs working or not.. its just a timed light. the last thing i would check if your not geeting the 12 volts on the solonoid slave side , is the temp switch before it gets to the solonoid. some trucks have it some dont.

anyway hoped this helped let me know...

RE: Cold start - GPR not lighting - 2000 - 7170 9404 85 tune

Posted: Sat Dec 05, 2009 3:10 pm
by jermort
More testing verifies that the ECU is not providing a GPR ground signal more often than not. This is causing an intermittent GPR operation. May be the ECU.... sheit!

RE: Cold start - GPR not lighting - 2000 - 7170 9404 85 tune

Posted: Tue Dec 15, 2009 2:43 pm
by 98sporttj
i am having the same issue but if i put the stock tune on it starts like normal... any ideas

RE: Cold start - GPR not lighting - 2000 - 7170 9404 85 tune

Posted: Tue Dec 15, 2009 2:51 pm
by SCGt94
emailing you now 98...

RE: Cold start - GPR not lighting - 2000 - 7170 9404 85 tune

Posted: Tue Dec 15, 2009 4:30 pm
by 98sporttj
the tool didnt accept don

RE: Cold start - GPR not lighting - 2000 - 7170 9404 85 tune

Posted: Tue Dec 15, 2009 6:48 pm
by SCGt94
huh? hmmm its a 7165 correct? Did you restore the original backup first?

RE: Cold start - GPR not lighting - 2000 - 7170 9404 85 tune

Posted: Tue Dec 15, 2009 8:47 pm
by 98sporttj
no its a 7170 just as the title sais on the post

RE: Cold start - GPR not lighting - 2000 - 7170 9404 85 tune

Posted: Wed Dec 16, 2009 10:23 am
by SCGt94
ah sorry, my minds going in 10,000 different directions. Yea the crom no for you. Haven't heard of any cold start issues tune related to the u7170. Is this just on one specific tune or all of them?