Can I raise the idle W/Autoenginuity

[fanoftheman3]

I am going to do a complete cooling system flush this weekend. I'll start w/Restore, distilled water flush, VC9, then new coolant.
Wanted to find out if I can raise the RPM's up w/Autoenginuity scanner. This would save a lot of driving around to do the flush correctly. I hear this could take 4 to 6 hrs., this is a six-pack job.

[fanoftheman3]

If NO. Any other suggestions would be helpful.

[mmandley]

I just finished mine, well on the last flush.

1st dont use distilled water till last flush after your VC 9 or your wasting your money.

2nd Restore and hose water.

3rd when i flushed mine i just opened the radiator pet**** plug and then put the garden hose in the de gas bottle and let it run for like 30 minutes.

4th after that i added my VC9 2 quarts. Then graden hose water. drove it for 90 minutes as i was tired of being home all day.

Lastly drained that and Now im using only distiled water to flush the VC9 out so i can add the new coolant.

Dont forget to remove the T Stat as this makes the fill run for 5 minutes and drain faster, or like me allows the use of the garden hose and radiator drain at the same time.

Lastly to keep the truck from idleing for so dam long, i took my long breaker bar and wedged it between the gas pedal and front seat then adjusted the power seat till i was at the rps i wanted. Worked like a charm. Even the neighbor closed there garage door LOL

[amdriven2liv]

What year is your truck? maybe do the high idle mod for the flush?

[fanoftheman3]

'04 f350. I was thinking about doing the high idle upgrade. Maybe I'll do that 1st

[BirddogTN]

Yes you can raise the idle speed with AE on the dockable actuation page. You simply select that option by clicking on idle RPM and then enable the action. You can also click on the RPM number and choose the desired number in the fold down menu.

[fanoftheman3]

thanks for that info. I'm not sure where the dockable info page is yet(just started using it) but I'll figure it out. thanks

[BirddogTN]

Once the AE has gone through it's scan of DTC's you can right click anywhere in the gray area of the header or footer and a drop down menu will pop up. Choose "Actuation" and a menu full of actuations will pop up. The Idle speed actuation is in that menu. Select it, and then select enable, and then choose the desired RPM. It's fairly easy, but it does take a second for it to respond. Hope this helps!