Faulty O2 Sensor?
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0.5 BAR
Joined: Aug 2008
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From: Red Deer, AB
Faulty O2 Sensor?
Have my turbo kit installed minus injectors, computer and a tune. Not building any boost. HOwever when i start my car up the air/fuel ratio reads 14.4 in a cold start, it used to sit at 13.6. When under full throttle it used to be at 12.8-13.2 now it is at 14.1. Can anyone guide me in the right direction, could it be the sensor for the air/fuel gauge or the O2 sensor?
1.5 BAR
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From: CHICAGO
1.5 BAR
Joined: Oct 2009
Posts: 935
From: CHICAGO
you hooked up your boost source to the wastegate incorrectly. the boost reference line goes to the bottom nipple on the wastegate, not the top nipple. the top nipple is a vent. if you run your boost/vacuum line to the top nipple then the wastegate will stay open.
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0.5 BAR
Joined: Aug 2008
Posts: 80
From: Red Deer, AB
Ok i wasn't clear enough. I am purposely not building boost right now because i do not have a tune, injectors etc. installed. So right now my turbo set-up is like real big cold air intake.
My issue is that until a few days ago my car cold started at an AFR of 13.6 now it cold starts at an AFR 14.4, and under full throttle my car used to sit at an AFR of 12.8-13.0 now it sits at 14.1. Could this change in AFR be due to a faulty O2 sensor or is it something else?
My bad on the confusion
My issue is that until a few days ago my car cold started at an AFR of 13.6 now it cold starts at an AFR 14.4, and under full throttle my car used to sit at an AFR of 12.8-13.0 now it sits at 14.1. Could this change in AFR be due to a faulty O2 sensor or is it something else?
My bad on the confusion
1.5 BAR
Joined: Oct 2009
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From: CHICAGO
theres no way to tell if the sensor is faulty unless you look at it with a scantool. i highly doubt the sensor is faulty. even though the turbo is not building boost it is still moving air into the engine. this maybe the cause of the full throttle lean out. what did you do to purposely not build boost?
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0.5 BAR
Joined: Aug 2008
Posts: 80
From: Red Deer, AB
ya intercooler, BOV, the whole thing minus injectors and installed ecu. Just waiting on the ones i ordered to get here then get it tuned. I have an AEM UEGO wideband kit and just running the stock OBD2 ecu right now
