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cascadiarunner 02-26-2021 07:14 PM
Weird Problem - New ECM & MPG Loss
 
Long story short a rodent chewed an injector cable and fried my ECM. I got it replaced and I've lost about 2.5 MPG average since. It's been about a month and I've probably driven 1,000 miles or so. Also got the spark plugs replaced at the same time.

I know correlation =/= causation but the timing seems to indicate something related. Anyone ever heard of anything like this or have any ideas?

Thanks!

Skidmarcx 02-26-2021 11:10 PM
Doesn’t sound normal... do you have access to a scan tool that can display fuel trims?

fkheath 02-27-2021 12:30 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by cascadiarunner (Post 3609491)
Long story short a rodent chewed an injector cable and fried my ECM. I got it replaced and I've lost about 2.5 MPG average since. It's been about a month and I've probably driven 1,000 miles or so. Also got the spark plugs replaced at the same time.

I know correlation =/= causation but the timing seems to indicate something related. Anyone ever heard of anything like this or have any ideas?

Thanks!
Try resetting the average MPG. Sometimes there is some old data in the memory that makes the reading look low to what it really is.

flyrv9 02-27-2021 03:08 AM
You could do a basic fuel calibration. Make sure all tires are the same pressure. Fill tank and drive a set number of miles (let's say 100). Fill tank again and compute MPG. You could run the test a couple of times under the same conditions; with the same loading in the truck. Compare that to what you were getting with the old ECU.

Another thing to check is that both ECU's are the same part # and have the same software load.


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