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JSFF150 02-08-2019 08:13 PM

Tuning help please
 
I am new here. I have a 2018 F 150 5.0 4x4 Lariot. I went to tune today with my Livernois 93 performance tune.

All was going well for the first 7 miles and then on the highway the tc stopped locking up. It just started free spinning.

​​​​​​Things got hot really fast! I pulled over and called Livernois and we loaded stock tune.

WTH?? They confirmed the tune is correct and have been very helpful. They said maybe a missed TSB on the 10 speed.

Any ideas?

TX-Ripper 02-08-2019 09:11 PM

Get a refund on that Livernois tuner asap.

JSFF150 02-08-2019 09:30 PM

Why do you say that? They have been tuning F150 for a while.

1810speed 02-09-2019 11:25 PM

Give ssi a call I've been running them on my truck since i got it and I've had zero issues and no you won't blow up your truck not to mention ssi is the fastest out there for the f150s.

Spooled 02-11-2019 09:04 AM

SSI is straight garbage. I guarantee you they don't have the fastest 5.0's out there.

JSF how high of trans temp did you see? I don't think a Ford TSB is your issue here. Did it throw an engine light or wrench light?

JSFF150 02-11-2019 11:27 AM


Originally Posted by Spooled (Post 6088744)
SSI is straight garbage. I guarantee you they don't have the fastest 5.0's out there.

JSF how high of trans temp did you see? I don't think a Ford TSB is your issue here. Did it throw an engine light or wrench light?


I tend to agree. I am not exactly sure. I reloaded the stock tune and off I went. It was 248 after sitting of for 5 minutes. It blew 10 quarts of trans fluid out the side of the trans gasket.

Spooled 02-11-2019 11:40 AM

I would lean towards it being some kind of software issue in their tuning. Maybe something weird happened during the flash. I would try it again and datalog it.

JSFF150 02-11-2019 12:20 PM

I think I am sending it back. Not sure tuner will buy me a new trans. It is amazing it was working with 3 quarts in it.

Thank you.

Livernois Motorsports 02-11-2019 02:23 PM

I am very sorry to hear you are having issues with the truck. We've tuned a great deal of the 10 speed F-150s and haven't had any issues with the tunes for them. I have heard of a completely stock 2018 F-150 5.0L that had similar issues with the transmission getting hot on the freeway on the factory tune. I know there have also been some TSBs for the 10 speed trucks which it sounds like one of my co-workers had previously mentioned which are always worth looking into as well.

JSFF150 02-11-2019 04:23 PM

Thank you for the response. My truck has 18,000 trouble free miles. Never an issue with the transmission. I drive it 3,000 miles monthly. I don't know what happened but losing 10 quarts of fluid is not normal. I have tuned over a dozen trucks and cars. This is just one of those unfortunate things.



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