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Old 05-12-2009, 02:51 PM
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Can you drain the rail on a Duramax with just programming?
 
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Old 05-12-2009, 05:27 PM
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yes with to much pulse width its easy
 
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Old 05-12-2009, 06:51 PM
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Would any off-the-shelf programmers drain the rail enough to set low-rail-pressure codes?
 
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Old 05-12-2009, 09:48 PM
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i would say the PPE hot would definitely do it
 
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Old 05-12-2009, 10:00 PM
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PPE hot set a low rail pressure code in my LLY

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at second thought i think it was the edge juice w/ attitude wich did it i can't remember...

it's been a while...
 
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Yes

That same calibration could be used if the cp3 components were updated and programmed properly.

Just a thought.
 
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Old 05-13-2009, 11:22 AM
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stacking programmers, clogged fuel filter. PPE tunes. maybe some quadzilla tunes

a p1093 will usually come up if you do
 
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Old 05-16-2009, 10:30 PM
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Depends a lot on the truck sometimes 120HP tune can drain the rail.
 
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