Engine/Transmission (1998.5 - 2002) codes/low power

[alt]

Well I installed my edge comp box and It was awsome. Then last week I had to take my truck into the dealer to fix some body damage so I unhooked the box from under the dash and left all the other wires hooked. Then I drove it and notice the check engine light was on and it didn't have as much power. I checked the codes and ended up with P1693 and a P0237 I know the second code is map sensor but WHY did it do this? I plugged the box back up and it didn't go away nor did the check engine light go off. How do I fix this and remove the check engine light? Thank you.

Paul

 

[KatDiesel]

You answered your own question.



You said you removed the box but left the wires attatched, when you left the MAP sensor "piggybacked" it was as if it were unplugged. Thats why you popped the codes, and the light should go out after 5 "Clean" starts I believe, or you could try unhooking the batteries to clear it. Not sure if the "data plug" caused any problems with "no power".



Did you power come back with the box re-installed?

 

[alt]

ALL better now. Yes the power was back and it took a few more than five starts to go back to normal. will that be a stored code that the dealer would be able to see in the future?

Paul

 

[Sticks]

Originally posted by alt

will that be a stored code that the dealer would be able to see in the future?

Paul

Yup. Either go to Auto Zone or some other establishment that will read and clear codes for free, or disconnect the batteries, and turn the key to start and hold it there for 30ish seconds. This is supposed to clear the ECU/PCU of soft codes, and rumor has it that it will wipe the operational data (fuel flow, rpm, and so on), the telltale information that the smart techs will look at to see what the truck was doing when the codes got set. This is the information that will rat you out if you try to defraud the dealer about performance chips removed before the trip to the stea... dealer.

 

[Sageair]

Originally posted by sticks

Yup. Either go to Auto Zone or some other establishment that will read and clear codes for free, or disconnect the batteries, and turn the key to start and hold it there for 30ish seconds. This is supposed to clear the ECU/PCU of soft codes, and rumor has it that it will wipe the operational data (fuel flow, rpm, and so on), the telltale information that the smart techs will look at to see what the truck was doing when the codes got set. This is the information that will rat you out if you try to defraud the dealer about performance chips removed before the trip to the stea... dealer.

I love it! referring to the dealer as stealers while we discuss how to hide the modifications we make to our trucks from them!

 

[Sticks]

Originally posted by Sageair

I love it! referring to the dealer as stealers while we discuss how to hide the modifications we make to our trucks from them!

That is why I said: This is the information that will rat you out if you try to defraud the dealer about performance chips removed before the trip to the stea... dealer.



stealer \Steal"er\, n. 1. One who steals; a thief.



v. stole, (stol) sto·len, (stolen) steal·ing, steals

v. tr.

To take (the property of another) without right or permission.

To get or effect surreptitiously or artfully

To remove, carry, or place surreptitiously.





v. intr.

To commit theft.

To move, happen, or elapse stealthily or unobtrusively.



n.

The act of stealing.

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[Middle English stelen, from Old English stelan. ]

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stealer n.

Synonyms: steal, purloin, filch, snitch, pilfer, cop, hook, swipe, lift, pinch

These verbs mean to take another's property wrongfully, often surreptitiously. Steal is the most general: stole a car; steals research from colleagues.

To purloin is to make off with something, often in a breach of trust: purloined the money for the over priced fuel filter.

Filch and snitch often suggest that what is stolen is of little value, while pilfer sometimes connotes theft of or in small quantities: filched an extra $25 for miscellaneous shop supplies; pilfered change from the ash tray.

Cop, hook, and swipe frequently connote quick, furtive snatching or seizing: copped a part from the package before it was given to the customer, thus charging additional money for the missing part sold separately; planning to hook another $70 to change the fuel filter; swiped the extra parts from the new unit, and re-used the old ones.