Recent content by Someolddude

The pump that was installed in my EcoD IAW recall is a CP4.2 variant. The markings on the pump casing indicate this variant has an asymmetrical lobe. Till someone opens one up to determine, my guess is they may have "pinned" the bucket.

FWIW... Hand calculated and indeed my actual mpg was 2 miles less than the computer. However, my trip back saw better mileage, same conditions and speed. 32.5 mpg trip computer, 30.5 actual.

Trucks computer. Good point. Haven't messed with hand calculating yet. Maybe on the way back I'll run a set of numbers. Either way, I'm pleased with the overall performance. Villainizing diesel power is BS. ..but that's just me.

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DC to South Carolina today, Interstate, cruise set at 72 most of the trip. All recalls updated including HPFP. Final trip avg mpg 30.6 Smooth and quiet. Seems a shame they discontinued this power plant.

Certainly, there are some solid anti-theft systems out there, but for the folk who might not have the financial resources to afford one, or the need for daily protection, what I'm proposing is a no cost action that might provide temporary protection when heading for a day trip to the big city or...

Woah! I'm still here, still working on my theory. Didn't mean to cause a stir. I do indeed own a "retirement red" EcoD. Freakin' hilarious, cause I did in fact buy it for retirement. Love the truck, but I agree that there's little chance a thief is gonna find my truck desirable, given it's...

Gotchya. No further discussion. Carry on. Nothing to see here. LOL

OK. Popped the battery out of the fob and used the emergency access and start procedure. Ran like normal. Remote functions obviously don't work, but no message about key fob out of the vehicle, nothing out of the ordinary while driving around the neighborhood. (put my spare fob in the...

Greetings... Fell down the rabbit hole on recent news about thefts of our vehicles using the vehicle's key fob code transmission. Ordered a faraday case for my fobs to use when on trips to the big city... However, I'm looking at my emergency key and instruction for it's use if the fob battery...

Pre-pump best miles 300 mile trip 29. Post pump so far 150 mile trip 32. Similar temps and route. I drive gently.

Well, crap... I just picked the truck up this afternoon. Had I known I'd asked the service department to let me look at the pump they removed. Makes absolutely no sense that they'd spend money and effort to replace the problem pump with the same one. The removed pump pictured above has a...

So, here's the pump they're replacing my pump with to satisfy the recall.

Maybe they're sourcing different brands due to the bottleneck in Bosch supply? ...will see.

I have noted the dead pedal and shuddering sensation on my new (to me) 2020 while driving it for the few months before having its recalls performed. Just had the recalls taken care of (exc HP fuel pump, on order). The Y81 update included some powertrain programming as well as def inducement...