Performance after battery disconnect

[Don S]

This may be an odd question and just my imagination..... On three different occasions, my truck seemed to perform remarkably better after I disconnected and reconnected the battery. When I test drove the truck during purchase it ran well and I was okay with the performance. Later I added some mods which required that the battery be disconnected. When I next drove the truck it performed much better. On two more occasions, most recently last week when the radio froze and I disconnected the battery, the truck ran great. It was a difference between turning a corner and now at the same corner, the tires were chirping with the same throttle input.

I know the Allison transmission in my motor home actually learns your driving characteristics and adjusts.

So......do these things build a memory. I typically drive in NORMAL mode with a lot of around town driving. Any thoughts....or am I just imagining this?

 

[isis]

What Octane gas do you run?

 

[Don S]

91 octane all the time.

 

[peavey02]

If your radio freezes up. Hold the audio power button and the right arrow and it will do a soft reset.

 

[goblues38]

91 is not 93....so yes.....your truck is being detuned. When you do a hard reset, all the "learned" values reset. The detune from cheap gas is not instantaneously...it can take 20-50 miles, longer if you never "floor it" and get the anti knock to kick in.

Same with how the trans adapts to how you drive and change show it shifts.

 

[Don S]

Thanks to both of you on the Octane and radio reset. Hard to find 93 Octane in the Republic of California.

 

[Oldfart]

If your radio freezes up. Hold the audio power button and the right arrow and it will do a soft reset.

I just had to do that today! It froze with a weird version of the Nav screen on it.

 

[CoronaRaptor]

This may be an odd question and just my imagination.....

So......do these things build a memory. I typically drive in NORMAL mode with a lot of around town driving. Any thoughts....or am I just imagining this?

LOL

 

[JoeSC]

It could also be colder air outside, especially with turbos. I know sport mode is much more sporty now that it’s not 90 this week.