Thank you!
New Guy from Western PA
What’s going on? I decided to join the gun because I now own a 2012 Silverado 1500 LT with around 110,000 miles on the 5.3. I live in Beaver County, 4 miles from the East Palestine train derailment that was all over the news. I’m hoping to pick up a tuner to disable the afm or find someone nearby that I can pay to do it. I look forward to improving my Silverado and checking out everyone else’s rides!
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Thank you for the information! I’ve been reading about it but your reply was pretty useful. I’ll try and find a tuner. My motor has a tap or knock (I think) that I’ll have to post a recording off to see what some of the experts on here think.Welcome. Looks like you found a nice Silverado.
Many of us on here have a Diablosport Intune for turning off the AFM. But it also allows you to get a custom tune which gives a little boost in power and a huge boost in trans shifting characteristics.
You can read about many experiences on here: Search results for query: lew tune
He has a website where you can buy the tuner and get started with the email tuning process: DiabLew Tune - Custom Tuning for GM Vehicles - DiabloSport inTune 2030, Diablo inTune 8245 Platinum, DiabloSport Trinity, inTune, DiabloSport Trinity 9245 Platinum, Custom Tuning by 06MonteSS, custom GM tuning
I chose to purchase a used intune from another member at a much lower price and then reached out to Lew for the custom tune.
Not sure if this one is still available: Diablo Intune I3 Platinum Tuner
Your truck can use the oldest i1000, or the later i2030 (which is what I have) or the newer i3.
If you dont want the custom tune, you can use a canned tune or just turn off AFM with no tune. The canned tunes are nothing like what the custom tune can do.
But lastly, if you dont want a tuner, there are plug in devices that deactivate AFM. You just plug them into the OBD2 port and leave them in there.
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For the price of these (they can be bought used also) I would go for an intune personally.
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