Engine check fault and headers
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Hi Guys
I am Ryan Mathew and I am from South Africa.
Due to living out in the midlle of no where, I had a set of headers made up specifically for the car.
As you can guess I a now in limp mode and have a recurring lambda fault.
I am using cat foolers and these should have fixed my problem.
My question is this a placement issue , in terms of where the sensor sits in the air flow or as a result of having tho lengthen the sensor harness?
Thanks in advance.
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I am Ryan Mathew and I am from South Africa.
Due to living out in the midlle of no where, I had a set of headers made up specifically for the car.
As you can guess I a now in limp mode and have a recurring lambda fault.
I am using cat foolers and these should have fixed my problem.
My question is this a placement issue , in terms of where the sensor sits in the air flow or as a result of having tho lengthen the sensor harness?
Thanks in advance.
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I have ordered a new oxygen sensor to check if there has been some damage.
It's strange though- I need to do +/- 250km once the battery has been reset for the code to come up. My thinking is if there is a part that is defective surely it should code from start up.
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You problem may still occur with New sensors....
.. hopefully not.
Good Luck
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Not familiar with how exactly you fool the o2 sensors on these cars, but you are using o2 sensor spacers right? Those will space out the o2 sensor further from the added gas keeping you from throwing a lean or rich fault code, and also preserve the life of the sensor itself. We do it on VW's all the time, works like a charm
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Update-
The sensors are fine- both the AFR and Oxygen sensors have been replaced.
But the code still remains.
@JOE Z- having just paid my 'school fees' I agree I will probably bite the bullet and import a set of proven headers.
The sensors are fine- both the AFR and Oxygen sensors have been replaced.
But the code still remains.
@JOE Z- having just paid my 'school fees' I agree I will probably bite the bullet and import a set of proven headers.
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South African folks drive on the left side of the road, so I would assume vehicles native to SA are right hand drive. OP, can you share?
And, just a note, PPE is in the process of developing right hand drive headers. Paul, from PPE, was in Australia last month to take measurements. Stay tuned.
Lou
And, just a note, PPE is in the process of developing right hand drive headers. Paul, from PPE, was in Australia last month to take measurements. Stay tuned.
Lou
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