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Need Help with CAI and Tune, problems after install
Hopefully you guys can help me out. I received my C&L cold air intake and a SCT tuner from Bamachips yesterday. The installation and flash of the memory went fine until I started the car. The engine sounded like it was going to stall and it was shaking a bit so I quickly turned the car off. I tried both the torque and the performance tune but the same thing happened both times. What's up? I emailed Doug at Bama chips and tried calling but nobody picked up (I'll try calling again later).
There is only one thing I can think of that I may have done wrong. I just switched to 93 octane gas before the install. My gas light came on and I filled the car with 93 rather than the 87 I usually run. Drove the car for around 10 minutes, is it possible the gas hasn't circulated through the system yet? Any thoughts or advice would be much appreciated. Thanks!
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And yes, I'd say it's definitely possible the gas is the problem. It's usually suggested to run a WHOLE tank of XX octane through your tank before you use a tune for that octane.
Having the wrong octane in the system will make your car ping, but I dont believe it would make it shudder and shake. Especially at idle. I could be wrong, but I believe you have a tune problem, not so much a gas problem.
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swapped out to the old intake, went back to stock and the car started right up and purred like a kitten. I'm gonna go run around a bit and then reinstall on Monday and see what happens. Everything looked right.
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Need Help with CAI and Tune, problems after install
