Dreaded flashing lightening bolt, ugh!

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Tray Burge

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Flashing bolt and CEL. Afterwards it went into limp mode, ran rough, but made it home and my oil pressure is fine. Hopefully this means at least no broken valve spring?
Tomorrow I'll try resetting my TPS and check my MAP sensor to see if that helps. TB is clean because I just cleaned it not long ago, looks like the end to a great run of maintenance free truck. Don't have a scanner, but maybe I can narrow it down a bit before taking it in to my mechanic. :mad:
 
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lol
lol, I was the cause.
When I reconfigured my TB intake a month or so ago the plastic weld between the Vararam pan and intake coupling where the 90 degree hosing seals to the bottom of the pan had come completely loose and was sucking extraneous air from the outside. A tiny piece of plastic had lodged in my TB butterfly and had it jammed.
Going back with aluminum rivets and sealant this time.
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This should be a permanent fix over the plastic welding job, just need to seal it from the bottom now and I'll be good to go. I pop riveted them on this time.
Funny thing is, right after I did the upgrade, I actually noticed a huge difference from a stand still launch and it seemed to dwindle a bit, but I thought that was just me getting used to the difference. Now I know what the "dwindle" was from.
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