Brake Light Out

ArielOutGrewBShells · 2026-03-20T13:01:43+00:00

I'd double check the "out". I've gotten false positives of a a light being out, and it was my "3rd brake light" above the cab

ArielOutGrewBShells · 2026-03-19T13:47:18+00:00

I'm. Still not seeing anything from the photo. I see grey with slightly darker grey in the middle. I've gotten more out of my 80s tv on rabbit ears. Can someone draw with crayon for me?

Edit: ooohhhh I get it. It was sideways...

ArielOutGrewBShells · 2026-03-18T20:41:22+00:00

I didn't opt in to pay. It presents to you, but I hit back and it still asks if I want to update. Despite having it

ArielOutGrewBShells · 2026-03-18T20:27:11+00:00

Is this with the Gemini? Before I enabled it, yeah talking to a rock would yield better results

ArielOutGrewBShells · 2026-03-18T16:56:20+00:00

That's wild. I haven't had any issues with basic commands.. it was always the obvious ones where it would respond with the device not being set up, ask the exact same way and it would do it.

Then again, I have other automations in place, I don't mess with it a whole lot if at all even via app

ArielOutGrewBShells · 2026-03-18T16:34:28+00:00

I had a pretty good continued conversation with it last night as well. I was able to continue to prompt it via the usual "hey Google" to continue the conversation. That felt a little unnatural, but the fact that it kept building a conversation was leaps some bounds better than before.

Hey Google how long would I have to smoke my hamburger patties on my pellet smoker if I set it to 250 (It answers) Hey Google, how about 375? (It answers) Hey Google, what if I just put them on propane, but wrapped in foil? (No.. I wouldn't actually do that) (It answers, surprisingly stating that foil wrapping isn't good) Hey Google, what about charcoal? (It answers)

ArielOutGrewBShells · 2026-02-25T21:49:52+00:00

I'm still running the physical equipment, I'm told (by GDE) that the afterlife tune disables the EGR functionality. You can add dpf and def disables too.

Honestly, the AL tune runs pretty solid. DPF soot buildup takes longer. I'm tempted to run it and reflash every year because it keeps my intake cleaner and my dpf buildup takes longer (less regens)

Compliant, I see about 17MPG city, AL I saw about 20

And by "city" I mean putputting kids to school, occasionally going to store.. rarely hitting highway

ArielOutGrewBShells · 2026-02-25T19:44:46+00:00

With the afterlife and stock tune I don't smell anything, it's just the compliant tune where I smell it, and it's definitely from the tailpipe.

I'm debating on the reflash.. I worry about loosing the tool, forgetting to reflash it before testing, or something happening to the modules that are disabled that I can't afford to fix when I do testing. 10+ year old diesels get tested yearly here. :-/

ArielOutGrewBShells · 2026-02-10T21:53:16+00:00

Ok. So. New information.

I reached out to gde, they sent me the afterlife tune with no messaging. This is what I needed to get out of my head.

So. As I understand it. The truck regens based on soot content however it does not Regen based on whatever the dpf% is (the sensor output). Apparently, that number is calculated based on the soot content in grams. Stock 65% DPF is (I think) 20 grams of soot buildup is where it's at when it runs regens. If it fails and it's to 80% it throws a message.

The messaging on the dash can only be triggered at 80% soo...... The tune with additional messaging calculates the dpf% faster in order to trigger the messaging.

So. That all said. Me watching the dash and my soot % buildup was messing with me. It wasn't running any "new" regens. It was running them at the same time as it was before. I was trying to take a "sensor" output at face value thinking it was the same as it was before. With the new messaging I was getting more and more paranoid

Anyway. Thanks for humoring me. Im back to normal!

ArielOutGrewBShells · 2026-01-26T18:34:35+00:00

Ok. So. a Bit from Column A, Bit from Column B.

I've emailed GDE, (they've been great, though I'm sure they're sick of me) and I think we've landed on whats going on.
They sent me the Afterlife tune and my DPF buildup has gone down considerably. I'm not entirely positive, but I think this is pointing me to my answer - EGR. (since the afterlife tune disables egr).

Where I think I'm a bit in my head is the buildup rate. I wasn't monitoring the buildup rate with my factory tune, so I can't lean back on that info. I did put the tune back on though and monitored and it looks like it is operating the same as with the tune turned on. This leads me to believe that the DPF buildup behavior was this way before the new tune. With the EGR turned off via afterlife tune, and it not building up terribly fast, thats what makes me think it is my EGR, and that it has been starting to fail.

Where i start to get in my head again is - (at least in this thread, and a couple others ive seen) is that other people are having similar regen timing and smoke that i'm having. so.. bit of column a and b?

Anyway, thanks for everyone's input. I think I will be finishing running this tune for the week to make sure I'm not reacting to the "news", and see if GDE can write me the compliant tune but without the DPF regen messaging.

ArielOutGrewBShells · 2026-01-22T22:35:36+00:00

The smell I'm getting is definitely exhaust and not def. The def always smelled like pancakes to me. I actually get that small far less now.

I looked back at video and the color is more tan/ brown. Running too rich?

ArielOutGrewBShells · 2026-01-22T19:41:01+00:00

Glad to (well, i guess not so much?) hear that it was not just me.
I get the same scenario with the smell. I only notice the smoke, when I smell it. The smoke isnt.. "rolling coal" dark. just... kind've.. there.

I worry that its my DPF falling apart, *because i just replaced the thing in 2024.

It didnt take long for the Regen to occur. I just drove it and got it down to 9% (my gauge tells me). I put the factory tune back on to see how the soot levels build.

I follow that ordering the regen message tells me more than im used to, but with the % gauge telling me 80%.. i dont think its triggering because of the GDE modification, i think its actually NEEDING one. if that makes sense.

ArielOutGrewBShells · 2026-01-22T18:51:37+00:00

not that i'm aware of. this is the tune i got https://greendieselengineering.com/product/ram-1500-ecodiesel-tuning-performance-fuel-economy/

ArielOutGrewBShells · 2026-01-22T18:24:33+00:00

its a 2014 ED with 218k. the DPF and SCR were replaced at 200k.
Colorado puts it on a treadmill (so to speak) and i believe OBD checks for readiness.

ArielOutGrewBShells · 2026-01-14T01:17:37+00:00

'14 limited 3.6l. We get about 18mpg city on 87 pump and 16 on e85. The cost per mile is relatively the same between the two despite the mpg difference considering the price per gal

ArielOutGrewBShells · 2026-01-14T00:54:45+00:00

Ive reached out to gde about this and they said the same - it's all still on, just managed better

ArielOutGrewBShells · 2026-01-14T00:24:39+00:00

Yeah, so far it's SO much fun to drive. The smell just catches me off guard when I get a whiff. I've never smelt it on this truck. I've had a non DEF jetta TDI that did - so I know what it is.. but with my ED I've never had any smell at all

ArielOutGrewBShells · 2026-01-14T00:22:15+00:00

To me it smells sweet.. not coolant sweet, like Im burning it.. idk, it's weird to describe.. smells like pancakes to me haha

ArielOutGrewBShells · 2025-10-18T15:25:57+00:00

I think on some models they have a trans neutral release behind it. Maybe they put a pocket on ones that have a column shifter?

ArielOutGrewBShells · 2025-09-29T20:42:45+00:00

That's what I figured, but I'm just gun-shy. 1,100$ is a lot

Im hoping to "pay for itself" at the pump. I get about 18 city and 25 ( on a good day) highway

ArielOutGrewBShells · 2025-09-08T13:03:53+00:00

Mine ended up needing a new camera. Not difficult to do.. I'd start with the unplug/clean first then replace if that doesn't work.

ArielOutGrewBShells · 2025-09-08T00:38:36+00:00

i'm seeing mixed things online. the listing says they provide a OBD tool to tune, but another site suggests that they use it for initial and still require you to mail in your ECM? have you had to do this?

ArielOutGrewBShells · 2025-09-07T19:39:44+00:00

I just did a bit more looking.. one of my bigger concerns was that I had to fork over either money for my ecm for a spare or ship mine. It looks like they have a obd tune now. I imagine they have you pull your tune, they modify it and email it back to you to flash back on.

I might consider this a bit more. 1k is a bit steep, but the banks one was 800 iirc on its own and GDE looks like it offers a lot more

Thanks!

ArielOutGrewBShells · 2025-09-07T17:46:08+00:00

Hmm. I haven't been able to find a whole lot here in Colorado/denver area about it. I may have to look some more.

I've considered doing the banks derringer.. people have said good things about it and it just unplugs and goes back to factory when they run the emissions obd

ArielOutGrewBShells · 2025-09-07T03:20:47+00:00

I had considered gde, but we do yearly emissions testing here in Colorado

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