afm dod delete 2015 silverado needs a hug

Richard Latino · September 20, 2023

Truck has dod delete with stage 3 cams and no more cats as well as being dyno tuned and programmed by the company that did the work on the heads. I've put about 30000 miles on the truck since all that work and other than struggling to get over 13 miles to the gallon I've loved every mile of it. It's been tuned to have 93 octane fuel as well as octane boost in each tank. I have done exactly that and the big crew cab, 4wd, 6 inches of lift with 35×12.50r20s would get up and go and not stop unless you get scared. But then someone puts 83 octane in and all hell brakes loose. Even after 4 full tanks of 93 octane and boost the truck lacked power and when in higher gears at low rpm is is extremely jerky when you accelerate. It also started getting stuck in 3 or 4th gear and the check engine light was #5 transmission solenoid stuck open. After clearing the code ot would shift normally. It has come back on twice but each time I just unplugged the battery for a couple minutes and the light reset and it shifts regularly again. I changed plugs and wires and mass airflow but no change. Where do I go from here?

rlcole321 · September 29, 2023

you'll need to disconnect the battery for at least 3 hours to clear memory.

superdave160 · October 1, 2023

I had a DOD delete done to my truck (2017 w/5.3l) and it ran poorly when I got it back. Whenever I put a load on the engine by going uphill in a high gear, the truck would "buck." I managed this until I figured out what was going on by putting the transmission into manual and controlling the transmission gear myself. I also had to move my camper while my truck had this condition. While pulling the camper, I could not get above 4th gear (6 speed). I used 4th gear when the road was flat and had to drop to 3rd on the hills.

I found that my intake manifold bolts were loose. There is a two-step torque sequence for the intake manifold bolts. The first pass is 45 in/lbs (I believe), and the second pass is something like 85 in/lbs. The shop that did my DOD delete torqued my intake bolts to the first value, but did not do the second value.

This may not be your problem, but you mentioned that your truck was jerky after DOD delete and it sounds like what I went through.