How To Tune 6.7 Powerstroke And Install SOTF Switch With EZ Lynk (2011-2019)

How to tune your 2011-2019 6.7 powerstroke at home with the ez lynk tuner from The Diesel Dudes AND install the SOTF switch
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[@darkirondiesel]

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[@crashweekly7925]

This is the video I was looking for, I got my tuner in the mail and got coopers custom tunes with lifetime support for my 18 F350 Dually . I left the EGR in place but unplugged it and went with the 4" straight pipe . Every tune video I watch never really goes through step by step and my old SCT tuner wasn't as fancy as the EZ Lynk . I found a SOTF switch from Dirty Diesel Customs and it's the cleanest wiring I've seen so far. You get a serviceable connector that plugs directly into the factory connector, all you have to do is plug the 2 pins into the correct holes and they lock into place. Plug the SOTF wire connector into the factory connection and you are done. No splicing involved and no electrical tape to cover the connections. After doing the tune and delete I removed my Map sensor and put a spacer from S&B on it , I found it was 95% blocked with soot and crud. After I cleaned the sensor my truck is now very spicy even on the #1 45HP setting. The CCV reroute and the delete have been the best mods to my truck so far, well worth the money in my opinion . I should be able to get way more life out of the truck now that it's free of all that crap, next mod is the rear diff cover from aFe ( Banks doesn't make a dually cover).

[@ThatHawaiianBoy22]

Just picked up a 2019 350 platinum! This is on the wishlist when I can afford it! Great VID! 🤙🏾

[@wyattbaker231]

Question can you use ez link for multiple trucks thought all the 6.7 years

[@jeffriestreeremovaljeffrie3374]

Should i plug my throttle position sensor back in at any point after fully deleting and tune?

[@jtopdawg6]

My exact same setup on my 19! Keep up the great videos my guy!

[@darkirondiesel]

Thanks buddy! 👊🏻

[@elvertmack5039]

Got a 2019 as well and was thinking about doing the same thing....how do you like it thus far...and what is your fuel mileage looking like after tuning?

[@jtopdawg6]

Best mod I could have done to mine. They stay on top of updating tunes and very easy to work with. My mileage went up to around 23 to 24 miles per gallon. The average on the lie-o-meter it picked up 3 miles to the gallon. Did mine in my driveway one Saturday.

[@elvertmack5039]

@@jtopdawg6 nice...and thanks

[@Ruffles206]

Question boss? After turning for a duramax 2020+ you need unplug EGR, and throttle body, how about the def tank plug? 😊

[@darkirondiesel]

You don’t have to unplug the def tank but you definitely can if you want

[@seanrk876]

is the switch install the same for amdp tuning on a 22? such a pain trying to find delete info for this year.

[@gabe7579]

Do you have to unplug the egr and throttle body cable on a 2015 f350

[@JoseRamos-ob8ci]

What’s is the best tuner for a stock 2006 5.9 Cummins

[@stephenbrownwood8111]

Keep up the good work!

[@JustinKingOffroad]

i'm noticing my glow plugs firing at every single start now after tuning. this never happened before unless it was under freezing outside. it's 85 and they still fire every startup. you see that at all? feels like an error in tuning.

[@darkirondiesel]

Who’s tuning are you running? You could try a different tune and see if they changes it, or go into the ez lynk chat feature and send a message to the techs and see what they say. I’ve never had that issue with the tuning from the diesel dudes personally.

[@JustinKingOffroad]

@@darkirondiesel it is the diesel dudes. i emailed them directly too but obviously it's sunday lol. i didn't realize i could do a chat from inside ez lynk. i might try that after they respond first.

[@DirtBikeAndy]

How do I return my truck to stock tune when I put the emission control equipment back on the truck

[@crashweekly7925]

When you get tunes from a reputable company like coopers customs you give them your VIN number, when you get all of your tunes you will get a stock tune with the other tunes that will allow you to return to stock. You should get one for the ECM and the TCM ( Engine and Transmission tunes) . If you don't then I would question where the tunes came from, my old SCT tuner saved the original settings for my truck and I only used the tunes on it that came from the manufacturer ( emissions on tunes).

[@MedleysMoto51]

Can I put one of these tuners in my deleted 6.4? Or do you have another you’d recommend?

[@crashweekly7925]

As long as the tuner is compatible with your year of engine you should be able too, the question would be what software is your truck running now and are you able to return the truck to stock and then setup and load the tunes from the EZ Lynk?

[@gabekinslow9793]

I just finished a delete and tune on my 17 that was 100% virgin. After I installed the delete tunes and removed the dpf I ran the truck with the egr unplugged, it ran fine, no issues at all. Removed and blocked off the egr, did a couple of other things. An spe ccv reroute with an internal catch can, a new thermostat from spe. Once all of that was done I went to test drive the truck and it was smoking like a train on acceleration and smoking at idle. I went a total of a mile pulled it back in the driveway and don't know where to go from here, any advice would be great!

[@darkirondiesel]

My advice is check all your work because something you did must have made it do that. Maybe you broke a wire or a blocker plate is loose. I’m not sure man.

[@crashweekly7925]

My 2018 started doing this with 115,000 KM on it with emission on and after $1,000 at the dealership it didn't fix anything. I ended up putting a CCV reroute on the truck and it actually fixed the issue. Come to find out the CCV was completely full of oil and needed to be changed ( had the replaceable filter). After doing the reroute it hasn't smoked since, if it didn't smoke before you removed the EGR I wonder if some of the crap that gets injected back into the engine has contaminated something and the truck is burning it off? Does it run rough? Idle rough? loss of power ? Did it ever stop smoking or is it still doing it? Everything I touch on my truck is full of soot and crud from the emissions, I do my best to clean everything really well before putting back together. Map sensor was 95% blocked, CCV was full etc. These emissions are designed to kill your motor so you have to buy a new truck not save the environment. My truck in todays market is now $120,000 I can't afford that and it's only an XLT dually.

[@noahisaacson4991]

Bought my truck with the ecu flashed but the dpf still on it. Can I buy an easy link and flash over it without any issues?

[@crashweekly7925]

I personally would want to put it back to stock before over writing anything that's in there but that's just my opinion, I am not sure if it would be a good idea or not. With my EZ Lynk you can just over write one tune with another but I don't know if the tuner used originally was different than the EZ Lynk and could possibly corrupt something? That would definitely be a question for someone that writes tunes for a living. I dealt with Dirty Diesel Customs because they are Canadian.

[@montysandhu7789]

I’m about to buy a 2024 Cummins in December why do they not have ez lynk for those trucks that tuner and a 5in straight pipe was a dream in my 2016

[@darkirondiesel]

Because the 2022+ Cummins require an ecm swap and the only tuner capable of programming the new ecm without having to ship both ecms away is the raceme tuner. Technically you could buy a new ecm, ship both ecms away, get them unlocked and the data transferred over, install the new ecm into the truck AND THEN use ez lynk, but it’s just too much downtime and too complicated for them to offer it on their site.

[@klittle96]

What does the “FT” mean after “0-230HP RUMBLE FT” ???

[@crashweekly7925]

Who is doing the tunes for it? I have never seen an option for FT with any of the tunes I have on my truck.

[@jjlowhz4152]

Mine truck turns off before finishing installing, ez lynk still saying installing then once it's done it says turn ignition off but it's already off so I have to turn on and off and click continue and keep going until it says finish/done. Even though it says it was installed kind of curious if everything was downloaded successfully, will check on it again.

[@crashweekly7925]

I have never heard that before, did you put a battery charger on the truck before attempting the tune? They recommend it so that there is constant power in the battery while doing the software load. If there is a sag in power it could cause a problem, hopefully it didn't mess anything up. Worst case you could try and load the tune again but I would put a charger on it this time if you didn't last time.

[@Mr_Picklez069]

Silly question, can you tune without a delete?

[@darkirondiesel]

Yes you can run an emissions on tune

[@Mr_Picklez069]

@@darkirondiesel Thank you. The only thing I did was cold air intake and exhaust. I'll give it a try.

[@gamegreenboy4480]

@@Mr_Picklez069let me know how it works out

[@crashweekly7925]

I have an SCT tuner ( for sale) and it had 3 tunes with it ( street, performance and towing) it's an emissions on setup, you could opt to buy custom tunes for it that would be more emissions on/off. The truck did run differently with the tunes on it but not as good as a delete tune with the EZ Lynk.

[@TreyMulder]

So once you buy the ez lynk you have access to free tunes?

[@darkirondiesel]

If you buy the ez lynk I linked in the description yes it comes with tunes. But if you just buy an ez lynk auto agent on its own no it doesn’t come with tunes.

[@CharlieOBrien-pd1zw]

I’m just starting this on my 2017 Ford. Can you confirm these steps are correct so I don’t mess this up??? 1. Connect EZ Lynk per instructions and delete/tune truck. 2. Unplug two EGR plugs and one throttle valve plug. But leave exhaust/DPF installed and plugs plugged in. 3. Start truck (2X). 4. Install SOTF switch. 5. Unplug and remove DPF/exhaust and replace with new exhaust or exhaust section. 6. Start truck and good to go. Is this the right order, understanding the EGR block off is optional. Finally, is there a way to tell what HP is seen for each SOTF switch setting? Appreciate it!

[@darkirondiesel]

Yes those steps look great! The ez lynk tune should say 0-180hp or something like that. The tune all the way counter clockwise will be 0hp, the tune all the way clockwise will be 180hp, then the middle tunes (2,3,4) will be even increments in between so something like 0, 45,90,125,180 just as an example.

[@CharlieOBrien-pd1zw]

Awesome thank you. Have you ever done this where there was a CEL already for the DPF? If so, does that have to be fixed and cleared first or will the delete resolve this?

[@crashweekly7925]

Put a battery charger on the truck before you start if you haven't already done the job. It's recommended so you don't have a power sag during the flash process, don't want to brick your module.

[@CharlieOBrien-pd1zw]

Just finished it up and the charger was a great idea. Everything went perfect. I installed the SOTF and got no codes! Exhaust was a chore by myself without a lift but got it done and it runs and sounds great. Thanks for this great video - made it real easy!!

[@crashweekly7925]

@@CharlieOBrien-pd1zw I did the removal of the dpf and install of the exhaust on my truck in the winter time ( 3 weeks ago) and no garage or any ramps. I had to be creative and I parked my truck half up on the boulevard in front of my house. I was able to squeeze under it and wrench on the DPF that's been under there for 7 years in Canadian weather.

[@PrairieHS14]

Admp

[@JAG6.7]

Delete my 2020 DUTY 6.7L

[@darkirondiesel]

Bro I literally have a step by step walk through on a 2020

[@crashweekly7925]

@@darkirondiesel Some people want everything done for them, your video was very informative and couldn't get much easier. I used your video to get my truck running like she should.

[@briandisimo4378]

Delete my truck.

[@darkirondiesel]

Bro just watch my videos and do it yourself 😂