Re: What to do after PCM is flashed...

From: andy (andylevy@bigfoot.com)
Date: Tue Nov 21 2000 - 19:52:08 EST


It can't be un-flashed, and you can't buy another "regular" PCM that
doesn't already have it applied.

Michael & Jeannine Reynolds wrote:
>
> Hello Digest members:
>
> Unfortunately, the dealer flashed by PCM back in 1998 to fix a pinging
> problem that I was having with my '98 Dakota 4X4 318. Of course, the flash
> performed under the pinging TSB didn't solve the problem. It turned out
> that one of my lifters was gouging the cam and causing alot of friction,
> hence the pinging. Once that problem was fixed, the pinging was cured.
> However, now I am stuck with a PCM flash that has retarded the timing by 4
> degrees, according to members on the list. Is there any way to fix this
> flash problem other than buy a Mopar performance PCM? I am thinking of buy
> a Jet stage II chip that someone on the list has for sale. What do you
> recommend? By the way, my Dakota has JBA headers, 180 T-stat, K&N GenII
> FIPK. Thanks in advance!
>
> Michael Reynolds
> '98 Dakota 318 4X4 Flame Red
> JBA headers, 180 T-stat, K&N Gen II FIPK



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