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These trucks have 4 knock sensors IIRC, one per cylinder(maybe 2, can't remember). They play a very integral part in the operation of the engine. These ECUs are constantly trying to advance timing until either knock is detected or you reach maximum available spark advance in the table. The...

So, driving the truck in Drive could possibly cause problems???

So.... We're well over 3 years into these trucks being on the road. How many reports of LSPI do we have this platform again? Fords prior Ecoboost LSPI issues are almost exclusive tied to their manual transmission vehicles. Once again, worrying about absolutely nothing.

You guys are worrying yourselves about absolutely nothing. How on earth do you lug an automatic transmission? These trucks run on a torque based ECU. Meaning when you push the accelerator pedal down, you are essentially requesting a torque value. The ECU calculates the fuel, spark, throttle...

Maybe I got lucky, but my truck drives great in Drive. I use tow mode to....... ?...... tow, and I don't use sport mode because I hate the hyped pedal response and rev hang. Other than 1 or 2 hard shifts after cold start, trans is smooth. Usually don't have a clue what gear the truck is in...

I had to pull out a breaker bar to get one side off, almost stripped the head off the bolt. Other side came off no issue. Mine seemed to be a rust issue.

Take people's fuel economy reports and recommendations with a grain of salt. Between this board and the FB group I've seen all kinds of wild claims, tips, and tricks about fuel economy with this truck. There's someone on the FB group claiming he literally doubled his mpg on 93 octane over 87.

This is the factory hitch and bumper for the factory tow package. If your hitch and bumper don't look like this it's aftermarket. Essential the "tow package" is just the hitch, the 7 pin connector, and the trailer brake harness. If you have an aftermarket hitch and 7 pin connector, with an XLT...

I can't speak for this platform but I know typically with Ford the pressure is simply a switch. Temperature is usually inferred from another temperature sensor. So you may have a vehicle with coolant temperature gauge with no actual sensor, in most cases the coolant temperature is inferred from...

The OAR will reset with a reflash. I would drive it around a bit and see which direction, if any, it trends toward. If you're seeing multiple, repeated instances of timing pulled it should start trending toward +1. Have you been able to repeat the knock retard on the stock tune?

Accurate enough to create a PID to run a dummy gauge, because that's typically all they are used for. The information isn't needed for the engine management, it's purely there to move a gauge back and forth to appease the driver.

Algorithmic interpolation.

sorry meant to delete this part Yes, my apologies that particular PID does read reverse from the other timing correction tables. What is the OAR? And what is the tuner saying?

If you are logging negative knock retard values that means the ECU is advancing spark not retarding it.

The fuel economies in that test were basically identical between the higher and lower octane. We're talking 99+ percent similar efficiencies in every test with the exception of one where lower octane edged out the higher by about 4%

That V1 device is a radar detector power supply.

I've never heard heat soak defined that way, which is why I asked. It's such a ambiguous term. Mountune's data makes absolutely no sense. They have got a graph comparing road speed to charge temperature, and a graph comparing intercooler efficiency and road speed. I don't know how one is to...

How are you defining "heat soak" and where have you seen reports of 5th gen rangers suffering from it?

The direct quote is " increases cooling capability 80 percent over the stock Ford Ranger setup". If they are saying they managed to increase thermal efficiency of that system by 80%, I would really like to see that data. That is a substantial increase in cooling capacity. I'm a bit perplexed at...