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Thread: E38 Stuck on low octane table

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    Default E38 Stuck on low octane table

    Thought i would mention this little problem i had on the dyno the other day with my brothers car.

    for some reason even after flashing multiple times, the car would not come off the low octane table, i ended up having to disconnect the battery for a few minutes to get it running on the high table.

    Anyone else had this issue?

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    What operating system does your brother's car have ? we had a car do the exact thing today ( never witnessed it before ).

    I haven't disconnected the battery , but there is definitely something strange going on....I'll keep you posted.

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    Are you waiting the full 15 seconds after a reflash? Very strange things happen if you don't wait long enough.

    Simon

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    Yeah, waited plenty of times. this was between dyno pulls and multiple flashes... as I was trying to work out why the frack it wasnt running the timing it should have been.

    Luis, to answer your question it's an 06 ve ss m6.
    OS=12612381
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    Calibratiion=12612380

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    I take it that the octane scaler was on "0"?

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    yeah. checked that.

    thats why i went and disconnected the battery. it was right as rain after that.

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    Same issue, 2006 R8 307 6 speed auto, battery reset and it was good to go.

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    Well, 1 year and a bit after the last post I can tell you all that it is very operating system dependent , the earlier O/S , the worse it is.

    Later O/S's will decrement the octane scaler progressively when the knock sensors don't pick up knock , some early will not regardless of what is put in the increment/decrement tables.
    I have even witnessed different behaviour if the DVT settings are set to open loop or closed loop!

    However , 100% reset of the octane scaler in these instances is only achievable by disconnecting the battery.

    HTH

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    Yep, I was surprised at how quickly the deterioration back to the low octane table was even though the most KR logged was 0.6 degrees after removing the battery, after just a couple of drives the car was back to the low octane table and its bad habits.

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