Advice Needed! Reverted to stock tune for stealership. CEL on w/ appt tomorrow!

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Hello,

Looking for some help here. I recently purchased a 17 SCREW that needs to go in to the stealership because the moonroof is sticking. The truck has a Kooks Catted Downpipes, AWE Exhaust, and Cobb AP Goosetuned.

I flashed the truck back to stock two nights ago in prep for the appt tomorrow morning, but now the CEL is on as of driving it about a half hour today.

I have read the Kooks Catted DP can cause this CEL without a tune, but I also know that I need the truck to be back to stock ECM/TCM tune before taking it to the dealership. So, what should I do?

Since it’s only going for moonroof, does it matter?
Is it better to go in with no tune and CEL or tune and no CEL light?
Is there a way to get the CEL off with my current setup and no tune?

Appt is tomorrow morning so hoping for some advice ASAP!
 

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Put some lube on your sunroof gasket then cancel your appt. Or just play dumb and hope for the best. ;)
 

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Apply Krytox grease to the roof opening panel seals to eliminate the sticking.

Even with a CEL, the factory cal will at least allow the dealer to connect to the truck.
 

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FORSCAN will allow you to pull and clear codes. runs on windoze, or some win tablets, also allows a cr@p ton of config changes - see the thread “forscan changes tweak your truck"
 

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Hello,

Looking for some help here. I recently purchased a 17 SCREW that needs to go in to the stealership because the moonroof is sticking. The truck has a Kooks Catted Downpipes, AWE Exhaust, and Cobb AP Goosetuned.

I flashed the truck back to stock two nights ago in prep for the appt tomorrow morning, but now the CEL is on as of driving it about a half hour today.

I have read the Kooks Catted DP can cause this CEL without a tune, but I also know that I need the truck to be back to stock ECM/TCM tune before taking it to the dealership. So, what should I do?

Since it’s only going for moonroof, does it matter?
Is it better to go in with no tune and CEL or tune and no CEL light?
Is there a way to get the CEL off with my current setup and no tune?

Appt is tomorrow morning so hoping for some advice ASAP!
I have already reported you to the Ford Tune Police, they will be waiting for you in the morning. :deal:
 
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You think they are going to check your tune for the moonroof? lol
No, but they always perform their yadayada "multipoint inspection" at the end and I didn't know if that involved checking electrical components or not. Didn't want to give them an excuse to flag my truck.

Thanks for the advice everyone.
 

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Better off going with stock tune. If you go flashed and they reflash your ECU you will lose your performance tune.
 

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Better off going with stock tune. If you go flashed and they reflash your ECU you will lose your performance tune.
I always tell them no flash whenever my truck is in service . They sell these covers . Its already tuned / modded so if there is a catastrophic failure your SOL . But reverting back to stock helps with diagnostics.

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