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Old 11-26-2013, 09:10 AM   #6353
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What's up with the startup on flex fuel running around E30? It fires up and idles at a crazy high 2,000 rpm for a bit then seems to get louder at 1,500 rpm. It doesn't seem to do this on a higher ethanol level. Is that something you fixed with the 2.0 update?
No change..

The loud noise is the OEM emission maps kicking in, retards the ignition timing to warm up the cats. It's a bunch of messy maps, trying to disable it causes more problems than it's worth

John


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