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Old Apr 8, 2009 | 01:21 AM
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engine power reduced :-(

Got one of these bad babys today. freakin sucks. i believe the code was i0092 but i think thats incorrect. its a code for the fuel regulator. got rid of the code a couple times. lasted a while code came back. now i cant get rid of it. i did the "zip-tie" mod on my charge piping and inspected everything. cant find anything wrong. any ideas?

plz help me

i need help

cmon

cmon guys any ideas?

anyone?

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Old Apr 8, 2009 | 01:29 AM
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i was just typing "take it to the dealership asap" when I realized u had a trifecta tune and other mods.. Honestly I would think it would have something to do with the tune. So hit up trifecta and ask them what it could be
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Old Apr 8, 2009 | 11:40 AM
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i did that it said it had something to do with the fuel regulator which he has no idea.....

plz help me

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Old Apr 8, 2009 | 12:44 PM
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If you don't find an easy fix I would still try and get warranty work done on it at the dealer. Maybe put your stock airbox back on, just because it's an obvious mod and they may start to look for other mods if they see it. Quite a few people on this forum have been able to get warranty work and the dealer has said nothing about their aftermarket tunes.
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Old Apr 8, 2009 | 12:56 PM
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they wont know you have a tuned ecu is if they try to flash it

put the stock airbox back on as the other user indicated and take it in. they'll probably fix it no problem, act dumb if they ask you anything, pretend you know almost nothing about cars
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Old Apr 8, 2009 | 03:47 PM
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Originally Posted by MoePwR
Got one of these bad babys today. freakin sucks. i believe the code was i0092 but i think thats incorrect. its a code for the fuel regulator. got rid of the code a couple times. lasted a while code came back. now i cant get rid of it. i did the "zip-tie" mod on my charge piping and inspected everything. cant find anything wrong. any ideas?

plz help me

i need help

cmon

cmon guys any ideas?

anyone?

A fuel regulator code will have nothing to do with the fact that the car is tuned. It probably means there is an issue with the fuel pump. Nothing tune related. Bring it to the dealer and have them fix it.
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Old Apr 8, 2009 | 05:28 PM
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well good news....for now. today. i deleted the code and hasnt came back yet. keeping my fingers crossed. been running fine *KNOCK ON WOOD* but if it does come back ill go back to stock and bring it in. thanks for your help
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Old Apr 9, 2009 | 12:55 AM
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my car was throwing a code like that. it would say egine power reduced. and i couldnt reset it tho. my problem was a contector on the fuel regulator snaped. they said a part came off the turbo and smacked the connector and broke it.. dont know what piece that was though. my dealer fixed it. oh it happened twice to me btw. they fixed it both times.
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Old Apr 9, 2009 | 07:00 PM
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my car was throwing a code like that. it would say egine power reduced. and i couldnt reset it tho. my problem was a contector on the fuel regulator snaped. they said a part came off the turbo and smacked the connector and broke it.. dont know what piece that was though. my dealer fixed it. oh it happened twice to me btw. they fixed it both times.
It happened to me too but my connector didn't break, it was pretty close to breaking though. What caused mine to happen was the charge pipe popped off the cheap bracket GM made to hold the pipe over the motor and it fell onto the connector.
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Old Apr 12, 2009 | 08:56 AM
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that happened to me too...

low fuel rail pressure...

fuel regulator...

ended up getting a whole new high pressure fuel pump....
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Old Apr 13, 2009 | 09:57 AM
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for the guys with the broken connector, did you do any mods? or is this something that i should look for with everything stock?

I just picked up a 09 Black SS two days ago BTW


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