Tacoma - OVTUNE - VFTUNER - Update Info and Original Development

Good to know I'm gonna try this at my next service. I just drove from Austin, TX. to Seattle, WA. and while my '18 Taco V6 with AT did great the whole trip. I DO feel that with an OVTune or adjustment the lower gears would be much better. 2nd to 3rd is just silly. If it doesn't work it out I will go with an OVTune for sure.

 

I don't believe there was one. I've attached a pdf of the OVTune release page from the day of the 16012 release.

 

That explains why I dont have that file, it wasnt 4.88. Once i got on the 4.88 tunes, i have been unable to change back to non-4.88 tunes.

 

Lol at you folks who cant read instructions.

 

Wicked! Been wondering what the process was to learn Octane to test that tune out.

 

Can anyone help me out here? Trying to figure out my ecu ID so i can update to 2.0 and Im stuck here. All the software is updated and required drivers are downloaded.

 

Edit 2: I retract my info, I didn't see you were a dongle user

 

That is not the flash manager though. He is on the right version of PCMFlash, its the same version I have.

Also looks like his guardant drivers are installed since it actually launched.



@youngster77 do you have the folder with all your tune apps and files excluded from your AV and windows defender? And is your vehicle in the Accessory mode? Thats 2 presses of the start button without pressing the brakes.

edit: its 1 or 2 presses without brakes. It will tell you at the bottom of the screen in between the speedo and tach.

double edit: confirmed from @ihatemytruck "Ignition mode, not accessory......2 pushes of the start button with foot off the brake."

 

I just went from 1.05 87 performance to 2.0 19800/87 octane (04B04) and have noticed that the shifting became much more clunky with the 19800 tune. I should also mention that I reset LV/AT after flashing 19800

anyone else experience this?

 

Here are pdf's of the release pages for the 2nd and 4th beta releases. I had neglected to save a pdf of the 1st release page.

 

How many miles on the tune so far?

 

Shifting is garbage after you reset LV/AT for at least 1,000 miles

 

not many, maybe 20 miles. Do the tunes 'settle in'? pardon my ignorance, I am very new to OVT

 

This

Id give it a few tanks before making any judgements at the very least

 

yikes, wish I had known that before. I just came across some posts that suggested to clear to start with a clean slate. My commute is short which means it'll take a while to rack up 1k...

sounds like road trip time this weekend!

 

What I notice after flashing and clearing values is longer shifts. This pretty much goes away after a couple of tanks. It will further refine for many more miles.

 

Ignition mode, not accessory......2 pushes of the start button with foot off the brake.

 

Thanks for the confirmation! I edited my post as well

 

Vehicle was in accessory mode, 2 presses of start button without starting the truck. Windows defender is off. I'm on a new laptop because my previous one crashed so the only tuning files I have are the ones I recently downloaded.

 

Are you "dongle" or "no dongle"? If "no dongle" then you need to register your new computer with Mat. THIS is the beauty part of having a "dongle".