They can but to have to look for it as there's no log that would tell them. Most of the time they will just reset everything.
Yeah, I definitely get it. I've always done basic maintenance on my own cars and have a REALLY good (independent) mechanic that I know and trust to do everything else, BUT, with this car, had already decided to involve the dealer even with routine maintenance such as oil changes. I certainly go behind them and double check everything, which, on the one hand kinda defeats the purpose, but I wanted there to be a service history that they could NOT dispute in case (when?) something happened. Of course I was thinking more along the lines of mechanical failure than electrical, but.....
Yeah, I was kinda wondering/worried about that too, but the only things 2 things I did were turn off the horn honk, and adjust for the 30 series tires. Both seemed to have the intended results - no more horn honk if I got out of the car while it was running, and the speedometer was correct according to GPS. First time I've done that (FORScan stuff) but it seemed pretty easy and straightforward. Didn't mess with anything else, and again, it ran completely fine until it shut off and that was it. In my mind, if the FORScan manipulation would have been to blame I'd have had codes and/or lights and/or driveability issues right off the bat.
In the future, may I suggest you shouldnāt do this.
A dealer won't be able to see what line of code was altered. All they would do if something didn't look right is reflash it. No different then any other software update Ford comes out with.
Just to be clear, I advised against prolonged idling.
See my opinion above.
Appreciate the info. As far as CHT, I guess it depends on outside temp. Makes a big difference between a 50 degree day and 90 degree day.
That's hilarious! My GT350 never has a problem with shifting out park. Maybe I'll get Sharpie and put a "P" on the gearshift knob so I can give it a try.Iāve always been told to listen to your engine builder when it comes to break in and daily operations.
In this case our manuals make it pretty easy to understand.
Now, if you have your engine rebuilt by whoever master engine builder, then I would listen to them..not the Ford manual.
For me, I jump in and go, taking it easy until I hit 190F coolant temp. This means no more than 4K RPM for me.
Iāve never experienced restricted RPMās as described below....taken from my ā19 owners manual.
Anybody experience no start due to ātoo lowā temps?
It never gets that cold where I live.
ON a completely cold engine it takes about 60-120 seconds or so depending on outside temps (here anyway) - I'll time it more closely if I ever get my car back. I'm impatient and always late, so that 2 minutes can be excruciating. I promise it's not much more than that even when its COLD out (well.....you know, like 40 or something......this is SE Georgia), or I couldn't handle it!
