How Should You Maintain a Diesel Engine?

Diesel tuning is a fast growing industry as everyone is interested in it now. If you want to know what happens to have an updated ECU flash in your vehicle, read on. Fortunately, we have extensive experience in all sorts of vehicle tuning that puts us on a driver's seat when not only high performance tunes, but tunes that keep OEM drivability and reliability are written.

shutterstock_783916702.jpg

  • Modifications According to Driving Style

With regard to the ultimate tips on diesel tuning, we are unable to discuss the complete picture of how your truck will be modified and what we want to get out. Just as ECU restoration leverages the marginal power gains, you have to look at which aspects of your vehicle you want to optimize and the sacrifices you are prepared to make. Consider always what you do most about your car. Are the tires horrible on the road? Do they free up some horse power? Have the modifications that leave positive impacts on the vehicle.

  • Maintenance

We are talking about optimization when we talk about tuning the ultimate diesel, as if tuning any other car or truck. You need to make sure everything is in place before you consider tuning or any other modification. You can't optimize a motor that doesn't work best already. Our first step is always, when it comes to ECU tuning, a complete diagnosis and health check to ensure that your automobile runs smoothly.

  • Air Intake

The improvement of the airflow towards the engine is sure to improve the performance of the diesel vehicle. An upgraded air flow kit allows more air, which generates more power, into the engine.

The new airflow kit will also draw air from outside a cooler air engine compartment. Due to the density of colder air and the addition of oxygen it increases power generated by the engine.

  • ECM Change or Reprogramming

In order to control engine performance, the Engine Control Module (ECM) modifies important engine parameters as the air fuel and maximum rpm combustion.

Remote programming or substitution of the ECM is an easy way for you to modify the setting to enhance engine performance and torque. ECM upgrades not only provide more power but also improve the efficiency of diesel.

  • Fuel Injectors

The next step is to upgrade the fuel injectors if you have increased the air flow to the engine and set up the ECM to deliver more power.

New fuel injectors will enable more fuel to reach the engine. Most fuel injectors’ performance has individual injector nozzles, which generate more pressure and atomize the fuel better.

  • Turbocharger

Using an efficient turbocharger is a good way for diesel engines to gain more power. The turbo pushes more air into the motor and pushing the air intake pressure. A turbo can produce higher power while improving motor efficiency.

Typical inventory turbo increases the flow of air through a non-turbo engine three to four times. However, a turbo performance could increase the airflow five to ten times higher than a non-turbo engine.

Contact us at Silverado for diesel tuning in OKC.

Guest User