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01-03-2021, 03:50 PM | #1 |
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Anyone tried a disabler for active fuel management?
Curious if there’s a benefit at all with use of one of these diablers. Has anyone tried these or similar?
https://www.rangetechnology.com/prod...-dfm_disabler/
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01-03-2021, 04:06 PM | #2 |
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Re: Anyone tried a disabler for active fuel management?
I have had 1 in my 2012 chevy Silverado since buying it new.No problems and it doesn't go into cylinder deactivation.
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01-03-2021, 09:29 PM | #3 |
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Re: Anyone tried a disabler for active fuel management?
Thanks Mark. Did this improve performance at all or impact gas mileage?
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01-04-2021, 09:25 PM | #4 |
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Re: Anyone tried a disabler for active fuel management?
I bought the Diablo tuner instead. Not much more money and several more features. You can get them refurbished at a good price, see the link.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/RFB-DiabloS...STRK:MEBIDX:IT
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01-05-2021, 04:34 PM | #5 |
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Re: Anyone tried a disabler for active fuel management?
All it did was disable AFM and that is all I wanted it to do. It has worked for 8 years without issue or causing problems.
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01-05-2021, 04:38 PM | #6 | |
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Re: Anyone tried a disabler for active fuel management?
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With that being said the Diablo has tons of great features. I would probably destroy something messing with the wrong file.
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01-06-2021, 12:37 PM | #7 | |
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Re: Anyone tried a disabler for active fuel management?
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01-06-2021, 09:34 PM | #8 |
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Re: Anyone tried a disabler for active fuel management?
Thanks guys. My 2019 burb is still under warranty so am mindful of that.
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01-07-2021, 01:25 AM | #9 | |
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Re: Anyone tried a disabler for active fuel management?
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That said, the day is coming sooner than later that I’m gonna cam it and be done. I’m sure you already know but on the direct injected gen 5 engines, you gotta watch the carbon buildup on the intake valves. They have had some troubles there. A catch can is a great investment to help keep the valves clean.
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01-07-2021, 08:32 AM | #10 |
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Re: Anyone tried a disabler for active fuel management?
Tyler that helpful info. Thanks. If it’s the case I may get better mpg or save wear on the engine than I’ll jump on a disabler. I know next to nothing about this gen motor. I’ll check into a catch can too.
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01-07-2021, 09:57 AM | #11 |
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Re: Anyone tried a disabler for active fuel management?
In my opinion your money ahead to get it disabled. I haven’t messed with any of the Gen 5 stuff but I know the lifters in the Gen 4 AFM systems are notorious for failure, often times wiping the cam with the failed AFM lifter.
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01-07-2021, 10:50 AM | #12 |
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Re: Anyone tried a disabler for active fuel management?
Yep. Last week I spoke w a guy who had similar first hand experience w this and that’s what sent me along this path. You’d think after many decades of engineering experience BS like this wouldn’t happen and a motor could reliably clock 300k miles.
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01-07-2021, 07:53 PM | #13 |
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Re: Anyone tried a disabler for active fuel management?
Yes sir, I know exactly what you mean, it’s a gimmick and nothing more in my opinion. We’ve been looking at newer suburbans lately and I’m dreading dealing with it too. The Camaro only gets a couple thousand miles a year so it’s not a huge hurry to get it resolved. My wife is going to get the Suburban when we pull the trigger and it’s going to be her daily, so there will be a lot more haste in getting it disabled or deleted. I’d like to just delete it but to get to the lifters, the heads have to come off.
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04-19-2024, 01:02 PM | #14 |
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Re: Anyone tried a disabler for active fuel management?
Needing to replace a vehicle that was totaled out. Looking at purchasing an older Tahoe if I can find one in my price range. I want to stay away from the afm if can.
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