I have a PCV /Autotune for 4000 Km now, on a European '06 model, having some issues below 5K rpms, 2% to 40% throttle and in 1st, 2nd and 3rdgear.
I have blocked PAIR valve, checked injectors and using a vacuum switch toturn O2 sensor off during deceleration.
When I accept trims for several times, in a number of cells the fuel adjusts from -20 to +20 or more every250 rpm up until 5+k.
I bought autotune having in mind to make the motor smooth. I realize now that this is not possible.
In case that the base map in second gear has AF ratio about 13.3 then +20% is 10.7 and -20% is 16 way outof 12.6 to 15 acceptable range.
I think that this happens by two factors:
1. Fuel cut in deceleration makes cells richer. A vacuum switch helps but just before throttle is completely closed, not when deceleration starts.
2. During acceleration ECU richens mixture for some cycles and at that point autotune makes cells lean.
PCV/autotune shouldhave built-in functions of stopping data logging of O2 sensor automatically during acceleration and deceleration. As it is, PCV/Autotune is not a mature combination despite all that marketing.
A solution I see is to accelerate with throttle in certain position and gear eg 20% / 2ndgear, from 1500 to 5000 rpms then press the clutch, stop, accept trims and zero the 20% column in of the AF table.
Otherwise, to build something that cuts autotune off when injectors are not working (fuel-cut), aswell as during a certain positive Delta (acceleration) for a number of cycles.
What really pisses me off is that such functions should already be present inPCV.