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Running VERY lean at WOT up top

Old Dec 30, 2004 | 02:54 PM
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Re: Running VERY lean at WOT up top

Also Ion when i revert back to the flash tune do i need to do a read then? or i just pick the 2nd option and type in the FLASH there
Old Dec 30, 2004 | 04:15 PM
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Re: Running VERY lean at WOT up top

The 0.xx V readings indicate you may have a vacuum leak. Check all your vacuum lines/fittings. If you are getting unmetered air into the engine, you will get a very lean reading just as you are.
Old Dec 30, 2004 | 04:21 PM
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Re: Running VERY lean at WOT up top

which vacum lines/fittings do u speak of? and it only runs this lean during WOT...normal driving is fine (02's ave of.42/.43)
Old Dec 30, 2004 | 04:25 PM
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Re: Running VERY lean at WOT up top

All the vacuum lines that connect to your intake manifold. You should also check that the intake manifold is sealed to the heads. A good way to check for a vacuum leak is to spray some carb cleaner around the area where the intake manifold meets the heads. If the engine revs up, you found a leak.

Check all the vacuum lines/fittings that connect to the intake manifold (brake booster, evap, etc.).

A vacuum leak ill be more evident at WOT than cruising, as far as O2 readings are concerned.
Old Dec 30, 2004 | 10:54 PM
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Re: Running VERY lean at WOT up top

Originally Posted by Mikey97Z
Keep in mind that you're looking at output from a NARROW BAND oxygen sensor. What that means is that you may not be running "VERY" lean ... you may be running just a little lean. That's because of the narrow band of measurement. When the AFR moves away from 14.7, the sensor just says it's lean. You can't tell "how lean". It could be 14.9 or it could be 16.0! the scale is definately NOT linear (a wideband sensor is linear).
But, in NO case do you want the A/F ratio to be leaner than 14.7:1 at WOT... no matter how much leaner it is. Leaner than 14.7:1 is VERY lean at WOT. Typically you want it aroung 13.0:1 and that will not produce 36mV readings on the stock O2 sensors. I've reviewed hundreds of these logs for people, and I have NEVER seen one drop that low. Yes, a wide-band would give him the correct numbers, but given the data he has (I have been checking his logs) he needs to find out what is going wrong.
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