Fuel temperature sensor and hello

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(05-01-2017 )Rounded_nut Wrote:  2014 CM2350 X101, PukeDits de-manded and branded exhaust manifold, turbo and cam. I've plugged in to the diagnostic and regardless of outside temp the fuel sensor is saying 32° F, now I know that just isn't correct and from reading on here it would seem to be a indication of a bad tune but to be sure I want to replace the sensor.....if I could find it. Does anyone know if it's integrated with the fuel pressure sensor on the separator?

The truck was like this when I started driving it, recently broken block (due to busted crank) so reman is in now. I've added a pyrometer and the boost gauge is the digital one on the nav display. Just last week the PukeDits turbo blew apart so now new turbo and cac (duralite). And an odd thing, the fuel mileage calculation was always really close, this last fill up it was off about a half mpg. Around 30k on the reman, long term fuel economy is crud, I pull a cattle pot so it's not going to be great, but similar rigs are getting 6-6.5.

Anyways, hello.

Your road to recovery with it to get it right will include...

* Putting back the Holset VGT. One of the worst mistakes was made by removing it.

* Getting rid of that Duralite CAC unit. They are beyond horribly restrictive to the air-flow and cause efficiency losses like mad. OEM is the only way to go with them. Reference: CAC Duri-Lite vs Stock

* The risk of possibly having to replace that cam, but only tuning checking the valve delay and tuning it will reveal that one.

* Spending some extra hours while whoever re-programs it straightens out pin assignments and and j1939 addresses that have been lost due to their bad programming methods. This is most likely the reason why your fuel temp sensor is not working any more and it is stuck at its default (unplugged) value. The settings from the factory in the ECM are now likely lost and have to be found again. This is very typical of big-name deletes that corrupt the ECM's addressing and programming after someone dumps in a program not meant for your exact engine. Those big-name companies all try to make one program try to fit all trucks like a bunch of morons.

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