Been looking into get a SCT programmer in some months down the road and been told that if you pull couple fuses from the truck that the the SCT will not go onto ECU memory for the truck. That way if you have to bring it in for warranty work all you need to do is put back to factory settings and place fuses back in. Is this true or being pulled down the wrong dirt road.

 

Thats false, sct leaves no footprint. So nobody will no that you had it on the truck.

 

Supposedly they don't leave a footprint on a 6.0. I've never had any trouble getting warranty work done, just return it to stock. In my case, my dealer knew about it and didn't care though. Some people will tell you it's morally wrong to do this as you're adding stuff Ford never intended and then forcing them to pay to fix something YOU did. The old saying goes "you gotta pay to play."

If a tech looks hard enough I'm sure they can figure it out. Usually the spray pattern on top of the pistons is a dead give away of running a programmer.

 

There is a soft code that is left on the PCM. I'll have to look it up to quote the exact code. IIRC, it refers to the drive test not being completed.

 

That's a P1000 which is left anytime you flash back to stock. It is a battery disconnect code. You can just say you had charged your batteries if they even ask. This code will clear itself after driving for a certain amount of time, or I've heard cycling the keys 12x will clear it too. I've cycled keys, and I've also just flashed it and left it as is. It is my experience the techs usually don't care at all. It's the service guys behind the desk who ask all the questions.

 

Wish mine would clear....

 

Wish what would clear? You have one of those P1000 codes or something? Often it's only coming up because the scanning tool didn't do a "full scan" they say something like incomplete diagnostics test or something along those lines. Is this even what you're referring to?

 

Yep. The drive-ability test is incomplete is what I found for the code. Some crazy seemingly 30 step procedure that has to be done 4 times in succession. I'm overstating this of course but you know what I mean.

 

Yeah, it's no big deal. I get it occasionally too. Especially when reading codes with the truck parked in the driveway and the engine off. It's just telling you that a completely check hasn't been done since it's not running. I wouldn't worry about it.