Why does my truck "Roll Coal"...

Ive checked the IP and I dont think its vajj.

Greenhorn......Make that trip to MPD and report back.

If it's not jj this guy is probably thinking these guys suck. Lol

So va-jj is person... and not a vagina? and are you being serious about the trip to MPD?

I also think I should be let in on who this va-jj guy is, seeing how ive been horribly mistaken for what seems to be a pretty famous douche haha.

If it's not jj this guy is probably thinking these guys suck. Lol

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haha yes those thoughts crossed my mind.

The_Greenhorn said:

haha yes those thoughts crossed my mind.

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Do you have any sort of handheld tuner?

Really if you want you could just run to the AutoZone and pick up a "scan gauge 2" if you monitor some different things it will be easy for us to tell if your truck is tuned.

And I apologize for the va-jj mistake. If you hang around long enough you'll get where we were going with it.

Boy you guys sure made a hell of a first impression.....Welcome.to PSN!

6speedsd said:

Boy you guys sure made a hell of a first impression.....Welcome.to PSN!

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Wrong! LOL

"3 can keep a secret if 2 are dead"

6speedsd said:

Boy you guys sure made a hell of a first impression.....Welcome.to PSN!

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dick

live life full throttle

swinky said:

Do you have any sort of handheld tuner?

Really if you want you could just run to the AutoZone and pick up a "scan gauge 2" if you monitor some different things it will be easy for us to tell if your truck is tuned.

And I apologize for the va-jj mistake. If you hang around long enough you'll get where we were going with it.

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he says he has torque and a bluetooth OBD reader, it will do more then scangauge 2.

You guys called him a troll and va-jj right from the get go, when he was asking for help, but I'm the dick....

6speedsd said:

You guys called him a troll and va-jj right from the get go, when he was asking for help, but I'm the dick....

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that was just for the psn comment.

live life full throttle

hahaha its all good, i tried to google "va-jj powerstrokearmy" or something along those lines and a couple of threads came up in regards to him and his work so i think i get the gist of it. Although im not to sure where the confusion came but im glad all of that is over!

Anywaaaays, as for the whole scanner thing I have the ELM327, not sure the version though, but I set it up to read EOT, ECT, Trans Temp, Exhaust Temp, and Boost.

Also, like a dumb newb, i ran into long start issues because I tried to start my truck without letting the injectors do there thing completely after my truck sat for a week in 30+/- weather and thought i had a failing HPOP. So i also added FICM volts, ICP PSI, and IPR load percentage to it to.

I have been reading, and studying, and searching a lot these past days so I'm slowly but surely getting up to speed on diesel components and what to look for. Oh and here are the readings i get for the fuel related components:
FICM: 48v
ICP: 800psi at idle
IPR: 23-27%

Should there be other things I should be looking at to determine tunes or Injectors?

Wide open throttle boost numbers.

pulse width numbers too

I don't read the 6.0 section very often but every time I do.... opcorn:

okay cool ill check those as soon as i get my plates and registration. ill get back to you guys with what i find when i do. thanks for all the input.

If you're looking for signs of failing HPOP or internal oil system leaks (will cause long starts) also monitor the ICP when CRANKING. Needs to be 600-700+ IIRC.

Welcome to PSA, best forum to stick around on, wealth of knowledge on this site (just a little scarred from some serious trolls) lol