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BUILT-IN DIAGNOSTICS

Current diagnostic rules

The standard profile contains 26 enabled rules. The conditions and initial thresholds shipped with WOT Lab are described below.

26built-in rules
Evaluation scopeEvery rule except WOT Pull currently applies only inside detected full-throttle areas. The values below are defaults and can be changed in the rule editor.

Boost

3

Boost Under Target

Warning

Actual boost stays more than 0.3 below target with throttle above 80% and RPM above 2500 for at least 250 ms. An error above 0.55 is critical.

Boost Over Target

Warning

Actual boost stays more than 0.25 above target with throttle above 80% and RPM above 2500 for at least 120 ms. An overshoot above 0.5 is critical.

Unexpected Boost Drop

Warning

Boost falls by more than 0.45 within 250 ms with throttle above 85% and RPM above 2500. Minimum duration is 40 ms.

Torque

2

Unexpected Throttle Closure

Warning

Pedal demand is above 90% while throttle is below 70% for longer than 50 ms. Throttle below 40% is critical.

Torque Intervention

Warning

Actual torque stays more than 120 Nm below requested torque with throttle above 70% for at least 100 ms.

Ignition

2

Ignition Retard

Warning

A cylinder timing value, or total timing when cylinder channels are absent, stays below −3° for at least 50 ms. Below −6° is critical.

Cylinder Ignition Deviation

Warning

One cylinder differs from the middle of its peers by more than 5° for at least 50 ms. Above 8° is critical; at least three cylinder channels are required.

Knock

2

Knock Retard

Warning

Knock correction on any cylinder stays below −3° for at least 40 ms. Below −6° is critical.

Repeated Cylinder Knock

Warning

The same cylinder has at least three correction episodes below −2.5° within 5 seconds. A value below −6° makes the event critical.

Fuel system

5

Fuel Pressure Below Target

Critical

Fuel pressure stays below 90% of target with throttle above 80% and RPM above 3000 for at least 200 ms. The rule immediately creates a critical event.

Fuel Pressure Sudden Drop

Critical

Fuel pressure falls faster than −500 units/s with throttle above 80% and RPM above 2500 for at least 30 ms.

Lambda Lean vs Target

Critical

Actual lambda stays more than 0.08 above target with throttle above 80% and RPM above 2500 for at least 120 ms.

Injector Duty Saturation

Warning

Injector duty stays above 95% for at least 200 ms. A value above 99.5% is critical.

Excessive Fuel Trims

Warning

Short-term trim exceeds ±15% or long-term trim exceeds ±12% for at least 500 ms.

Temperature

2

High Intake Air Temperature

Warning

Intake air temperature stays above 60 °C for at least one second. Above 80 °C is critical.

Engine Overheating

Warning

Coolant temperature stays above 110 °C for at least 500 ms. Above 120 °C is critical.

Engine

3

Cam Target Deviation

Warning

The intake or exhaust cam differs from its target by more than 10° for at least 200 ms.

Rev Limiter Intervention

Info

RPM is above 6800 with pedal demand above 80% for at least 50 ms. This may represent normal limiter operation.

WOT Pull

Info

Detects a full-throttle area: throttle at or above 90%, duration of at least one second, and an RPM increase of at least 500.

Transmission

2

TCC / Transmission Slip

Warning

Absolute slip is above 250 rpm in third gear or higher with throttle above 30% for at least 300 ms.

Gear Shift

Info

Records a change in the reported gear number inside a WOT area.

Wheel speed

2

Wheel Speed Mismatch

Warning

Wheel-speed spread is above 8 km/h with vehicle speed at or above 20 km/h for at least 100 ms. Above 20 km/h is critical.

Wheel Speed Spike

Warning

One wheel differs from the others by more than 15 km/h for at least 20 ms. Above 30 km/h is critical.

Sensors and data

3

Sensor / Data Dropout

Warning

Finds a gap, invalid value, or zero reset lasting at least two samples between valid values.

Sensor Impossible Rate of Change

Warning

Finds an implausibly fast change: wheel speed above 1800 units/s, boost above 15 units/s, or temperature above 80 units/s.

Stuck Sensor

Info

A signal barely changes for more than 2 seconds while RPM changes by at least 500 during that period.

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Current configuration details

Fuel Pressure Below Target

The rule is already critical below 90% of target, so its additional 80% threshold does not change the displayed severity.

Lambda Lean vs Target

The rule is already critical at an error of 0.08. Its additional 0.15 threshold currently cannot raise the severity further.

Cam / Transmission

The 18° critical cam deviation and 500 rpm critical slip parameters exist but do not currently raise event severity.

Gear Shift

Any change in the rounded gear number inside a WOT area is currently recorded; the configured 300 ms settling time is not applied.

Units

Thresholds assume the expected channel units. Channel matching does not convert bar to kPa, angles, or speed units.

Merging

Neighboring triggers separated by up to 500 ms are normally merged, and nearby events from different rules are associated.