Symptoms of a bad or plugged ebp sensor

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Onmy 06...

Finally got my live wire updated and it now reads ebp.

At idle ebp is reading like 55-65 psi and increases from there.

I'm running 175/stock, billet power Max , ede up pipes, 4" mbrp with a muffler.

I'm have zero driveability issues. No codes. Anyone wanna take a jab?

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EBP is ignored with the later flashes, and the info is derived from other sensors.. My truck was an 03 and that's probably why I got the CEL and you don't on your 06..

I have heard that if the EBP tube is blocked you will get some black smoke and turbo issues but I never experienced that I would just get a CEL, bring it in and they would clean the gunk out and I would be good for six months, the thing is a PITA...
 
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The livewire didn't monitor ebp out of the box. That only came to be with the recent update...

Last time I looked at ebp was when I had an x3/insight combo and ebp was nowhere near what it is now...but then again I was on stock parts then as well.

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Ebp is NOT IGNORED with the later flashes. Its only ignored in the later flashes on 03-04 trucks.

Ebp reads high with a plugged sensor. Especially when below freezing temps. Can cause rough idle till warm.

Just went through this on my 06

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Is this a livewire ts or the old livewire?

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Is this a livewire ts or the old livewire?

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i use the newest, the 5015





Are you running an aftermarket turbo??

in my op, yes I'm running a billet power Max






Ebp is NOT IGNORED with the later flashes. Its only ignored in the later flashes on 03-04 trucks.

Ebp reads high with a plugged sensor. Especially when below freezing temps. Can cause rough idle till warm.

Just went through this on my 06

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temps have been in the upper 40s to low 70s here lately. I haven't had any cold idle issues as of yet. I can't say how long ebp has been this high as I haven't monitored it in almost a year.


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I'd say the LiveWire is reading it wrong. Is there any way for you to check EBP with a different device??

I'm going to hook my otc genesys up sometime and see what it says but haven't done it yet.

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Yeah at 40-70 the Livewire is reading it wrong. Its not a frozen sensor issue. Its a conversion equation issue
 

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Yeah at 40-70 the Livewire is reading it wrong. Its not a frozen sensor issue. Its a conversion equation issue

Any simple way to remedy this? Or is it just an sct tech issue?

I would think a separate gauge and port would suffice but I'm not interested in yanking my up pipes just for that.

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I've also noticed different tuning can vary EBP...not by the numbers your describing but tuning can play a role to some degree. What does your truck read with a stock tune?
 

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I've also noticed different tuning can vary EBP...not by the numbers your describing but tuning can play a role to some degree. What does your truck read with a stock tune?

Not as high...but still very high. Hitting 100psi of backpressure at 1500-2000 rpm high. I'm starting to think its an sct issue as I noticed my boost this morning , according to the live wire was -2psi....

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Not as high...but still very high. Hitting 100psi of backpressure at 1500-2000 rpm high. I'm starting to think its an sct issue as I noticed my boost this morning , according to the live wire was -2psi....

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can also be a bad ebp sensor issue, we had a truck with a bad ebp sensor and every cold start it would throw a turbo underboost code.
 

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can also be a bad ebp sensor issue, we had a truck with a bad ebp sensor and every cold start it would throw a turbo underboost code.

I've yet to have any codes

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