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What is he talking about ? Variable resistor ??

Acesneights1

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From Kennedy's site. As in following forum rules I don't want to link directly so this is a copy and paste. What is he talking about with the resistor ?

The Stanadyne DS4 pump is fine tuned by a small resistor "chip" that installs inside the wiring cavity of the PMD (pump mounted driver) and slips over the pins. Resistors are available in steps ranging from 1 through 9. Each step in resistor value will alter the fuel delivery by .5mm3. When a pump is built or rebuilt and the calibration is spot-on, it is equipped with a #5 resistor. This is the target value when building a pump. This leaves 4 steps upward to #9 or a 2.0mm3 potential increase in fuel delivery. Based on a 62mm3 program, this is a very slight increase especially when compared to an aftermarket chip or program that runs at 68mm3, 72mm3 or even up to 80mm3!

I have run #5, #9, and #13 resistors, and can assure you that simply swapping them OR using a variable (fuel control) will NOT alter fuel delivery. It WILL do so on the Stanadyne test stand, and it WILL do so upon the resetting or loss of the value stored in the PCM, but will have NO immediate affect.

Case in point: We frequently hear of 6.5 owners having their PMD replaced only to get a DTC 56 (Injection Pump Calibration Resistor Error) several months down the road. This condition will not reset until a proper value resistor is installed.

So what triggers the re-learn of this value? From my observations, initiating TDC learn (scan tool clears PCM memory) will do so. I also surmize that a given number of startups (key cycles) will cause the PCM to "recheck" this resistor.

During development of our laptop scan tool package (94-5 diesel specific) we encountered a table titled "Pump calibration." The vehicle in question had a 115 value logged and was equipped with a #5 resistor. Upon plugging into another driver with a #9 and restarting the engine, the value remained the same. Upon initiating TDC learn, the value changed to 145. Removing the resistor had no effect. TDC learn with no resistor caused the value to change to 95 9and set DTC 56) which is the lowest setting. The aftermarket #13 will also set DTC #56 therfore I will no longer be offering them for sale.

To summarize: I generally recommend the use of a #5 resistor when swapping out drivers. This, being the middle of the road setting, provides a nice safe setting. If one has the ability or desire to have a slight increase in fuel delivery, as evidenced by EGT readings, one could put in the #9 resistor, but remember, it will not change until TDC learn is initiated or the PCM loses its memory.

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IIRC there were snake oil salesman selling some kind of kit or it was touted on the boards to install a variable resistor across the pins so that one could dial the fuel rate so to speak. The whole idea is moot due to the PCM storing the value in memory and not looking at it for x number of starts anyways.

Cheers
Nobby
 
It was a A1 special variable resistor that hooked between your PMD and a dash knob so you could raise or lower your max fueling whild driving down the road. It was exposed for a fraud several times over as 6.5ers know that the ECM only samples from the resistor every 50 starts.
 
On OBD-IIs you can run indefinitely without a FSD resistor as I did for over a year to see when/if it would "go dumb", it never did until I did ko/ko learn then it instantly went in to missing resistor error and would not start until I replaced the resistor
 
It was a A1 special variable resistor that hooked between your PMD and a dash knob so you could raise or lower your max fueling whild driving down the road. It was exposed for a fraud several times over as 6.5ers know that the ECM only samples from the resistor every 50 starts.

"Variable Rate Fuel Controller" still for sale at his site still swearing that on fly fuel rate tuning is possible with this device, that gets sent to you in a used toilet paper roll tube or at least that is what happened to one at Page who bought it, and solder joints were crap as well a real fleece item.
 
I think what Kennedy said is that you cannot have a variable resistor in there anyway. Changing from low number resistor to a higher number resistor has to be relearn.

It won't be done on the fly automagically by the ECM. My understanding is this is the same cavity resistor that we use.

The steaky products claim that you can do it. That write up may be intended to counter the steaky product.
 
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