espoig Donating Members 249 Member For: 10y 8m 8d Gender: Male Location: Mundaring Posted 04/09/17 07:41 AM Share Posted 04/09/17 07:41 AM So Iv'e had the car for about 2 years now and every once in a while the car will bounce around between 1500 and 1600rpms at around 60kms, really only happens when the car is cold. Always thought it would go away once I got the car tuned but it never did. I'm dropping it back off at my tuners in a couple weeks too have it looked at, but does anyone have any ideas? Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/93465-unstable-rpm-under-light-load/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaStars Donating Members 81 Member For: 7y 11m 8d Gender: Male Location: The Gap, Brisbane Posted 05/09/17 12:04 AM Share Posted 05/09/17 12:04 AM is in an auto zf6? could be the gear box fluid coming up to temp. I kinda get the same thing sometimes and just assumed its that. I always notice it doing weird sh*t in the morning when its cold. lol Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/93465-unstable-rpm-under-light-load/#findComment-1644370 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmckennon Member 4 Member For: 14y 5m 8d Posted 06/09/17 06:29 AM Share Posted 06/09/17 06:29 AM What trans fluid/oil is in your gearbox and is it zf 6 speed? Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/93465-unstable-rpm-under-light-load/#findComment-1644415 Share on other sites More sharing options...
espoig Donating Members 249 Member For: 10y 8m 8d Gender: Male Location: Mundaring Posted 06/09/17 07:54 AM Author Share Posted 06/09/17 07:54 AM Genuine lifeguard changed 20k ago and yeah the zf6 Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/93465-unstable-rpm-under-light-load/#findComment-1644416 Share on other sites More sharing options...
eff xr6t Member 569 Member For: 11y 7m 13d Posted 06/09/17 09:19 AM Share Posted 06/09/17 09:19 AM Was the trans tune modified? Rpm change without speed change is worrying as the convertor should stay locked at light load. 1 Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/93465-unstable-rpm-under-light-load/#findComment-1644421 Share on other sites More sharing options...
espoig Donating Members 249 Member For: 10y 8m 8d Gender: Male Location: Mundaring Posted 06/09/17 09:36 AM Author Share Posted 06/09/17 09:36 AM Nah stock as a rock Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/93465-unstable-rpm-under-light-load/#findComment-1644422 Share on other sites More sharing options...
turbotrana Member 2,586 Member For: 22y 1m 13d Gender: Male Posted 06/09/17 11:09 AM Share Posted 06/09/17 11:09 AM Had similar problem. Yes tune related but could not say if Ford induced or Tuner induced. Somewhere along the line I did something on HP TUners that solved it. Too many changes to know what I did. Basically I started from a stock tune and tuned myself. I would start by changing the Speed Density tuning maps to ones which are richer in the cruise area of the maps. In the FG the maps do vary a bit and caused me problems with stalling. You could change the numbers in that part of the map but its easier to copy and paste from a "good tune" to see if it does anything or not. Buy HP Tuners if it really bothers you. From my experience unlikely a Perth shop will solve it, but happy to say they will and take your money. 1 Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/93465-unstable-rpm-under-light-load/#findComment-1644428 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralph Wiggum Moar Powar Babeh Lifetime Members 19,332 Member For: 19y 7m 20d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 06/09/17 12:53 PM Share Posted 06/09/17 12:53 PM On 04/09/2017 at 7:41 AM, espoig said: So Iv'e had the car for about 2 years now and every once in a while the car will bounce around between 1500 and 1600rpms at around 60kms, really only happens when the car is cold. Always thought it would go away once I got the car tuned but it never did. I'm dropping it back off at my tuners in a couple weeks too have it looked at, but does anyone have any ideas? Expand It's an easy fix Requires a couple of changes to the torque converter lock up maps. The surge is the car shifting between two or three maps and unlocking and locking the tc. On 06/09/2017 at 9:19 AM, eff xr6t said: Was the trans tune modified? Rpm change without speed change is worrying as the convertor should stay locked at light load. Expand ^this guy, dropping the one liner knowledge bombs 1 Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/93465-unstable-rpm-under-light-load/#findComment-1644433 Share on other sites More sharing options...
espoig Donating Members 249 Member For: 10y 8m 8d Gender: Male Location: Mundaring Posted 06/09/17 01:22 PM Author Share Posted 06/09/17 01:22 PM Cheers buddy il get it looked into Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/93465-unstable-rpm-under-light-load/#findComment-1644435 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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