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Old 09-28-2013, 05:24 PM   #9 (permalink)
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The Prius Experiment - '07 Toyota Prius Base
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Originally Posted by davelobi View Post
Ya, funny that snap closing of the throttle plate (or tps) seemed to activate the dfco immediatly where a ease up on the throttle (as we are used to doing) made the computer think for a little while before deciding to activate dfco. Even more intriguing to me was if I was in dfco and I touched the throttle for even a brief second. The dfco would cut out and not come back on. The computer must be thinking something like "this guy may be ready to accelerate quickly" or maybe "doesn't know if he wants to accelerate or decelerate, better leave injectors on and ready". I don't know.
Or maybe the programming looks at the delta TPS to help determine if it should activate DFCO. Tapping the throttle gives a very small delta TPS when you let off again. Just a guess.
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