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DISCUSSION => Engine management => Topic started by: blueboi69 on January 03, 2013, 03:23:24 PM

Title: wierd oxigen sensor problem
Post by: blueboi69 on January 03, 2013, 03:23:24 PM
Hi,

I've installed my wbo today. First of all, I used an old nbo's plug
 for the simulated nbo output. The problem is the plug cannot go into
 the opposite plug, so I have to make it connect.
 
I thought that the car will run without the stock nbo sensor, but it
 can't! If the engine runs at idle speed, tha AFR is pulsing then it
 goes slowly upto 20AFR and after that the enginge stops. When the AFR
 is higher than 15 the eginge can't run smooth,the rpm stalls and the
 engine suffers. I tried to plug in the stock nbo, while it was hanging
 in the engine bay, so it actually wasn't in the exhaust pipe and very
 very surprisingly the engine runs smooth! Even when driving the car
 everything is just the same as before, when the nbo was in the pipe!
 How could this work?
 If I unplug the nbo, driving is not smooth, the AFR is very lean and
 it's hard to accelarate. When I plug it back in, it's smooth. All this
 while the nbo is hanging in free air!
 
 I have a 3.5bar (50.7psi) fuel pressure regulator
 instead of the stock 3bar (43.5psi). I felt the enginge is running
 rich, because the muffler tip is always black and the fuel consuption
 is a bit high I think. So at idle the AFR is about 12-13. When I
 drive idle at 2000 or 25000rpm at a steady rpm, the afr is between
 10-11. Its very rich I think!
 
What do you think? Why can't it run without an nbo even if it isn't in the exhaust?
Title: wierd oxigen sensor problem
Post by: Broach318 on February 20, 2013, 04:27:23 PM
http://www.m42club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=17308

You should read my post and see if you are having the same issues I am.
Title: wierd oxigen sensor problem
Post by: Broach318 on February 20, 2013, 04:27:56 PM
http://www.m42club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=17308

You should read my post and see if you are having the same issues I am.