lean cold idle, what could be the cause
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Funny thing is, I think my car has been doing this for some time as well. Since I just got my datalogging stuff, I havent played with it much yet, but I do know what I feel when driving. on cool mornings(it been 50's here last couple of days) the car has a very bad tip-in hesitation on accel until the temp needle starts moving. once the car has warmed just a little, car drives fine. Looking at my high octane map, the bottom numbers are all in the 14.7 range, except the very corner is at like 15.x. Would richening these numbers up help any?
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Eventually I will get it sorted I just keep changing stuff so often that I figure I may as well wait till I'm done modding... but they like most of us.. that will probably never happen.
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Funny thing is, I think my car has been doing this for some time as well. Since I just got my datalogging stuff, I havent played with it much yet, but I do know what I feel when driving. on cool mornings(it been 50's here last couple of days) the car has a very bad tip-in hesitation on accel until the temp needle starts moving. once the car has warmed just a little, car drives fine. Looking at my high octane map, the bottom numbers are all in the 14.7 range, except the very corner is at like 15.x. Would richening these numbers up help any?
Are you running an after market intake or upgraded injectors?
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Bump here...
I got the same problem as well now that i installed my 1000cc injectors.\
When i first start it, it runs in the region of 17-18 AFR on wideband and the settles down, must be as the ECU is catching up and doing the fuel trim.
I have Apexi intake with 1000cc injectors, MAF has not been scaled...
My STFT and LTFT were at 2 and 4. so i think they OK!
how can we fix this ???
I got the same problem as well now that i installed my 1000cc injectors.\
When i first start it, it runs in the region of 17-18 AFR on wideband and the settles down, must be as the ECU is catching up and doing the fuel trim.
I have Apexi intake with 1000cc injectors, MAF has not been scaled...
My STFT and LTFT were at 2 and 4. so i think they OK!
how can we fix this ???
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Yeah i changed the values a while back in my 19 - 100 range. I know it idles at round 37-45, but i changed them all to make the transition smooth, otherwise if you increase only 50 value, the car will stumble once it passes 50hz if the value is higher then the next one.
So after bumping the values, my cold start on 1000 injectors and E85 and a cone filter is spot on -- 14.7-14.9. From 16-17 that i had before.
So after bumping the values, my cold start on 1000 injectors and E85 and a cone filter is spot on -- 14.7-14.9. From 16-17 that i had before.
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Bump here...
I got the same problem as well now that i installed my 1000cc injectors.\
When i first start it, it runs in the region of 17-18 AFR on wideband and the settles down, must be as the ECU is catching up and doing the fuel trim.
I have Apexi intake with 1000cc injectors, MAF has not been scaled...
My STFT and LTFT were at 2 and 4. so i think they OK!
how can we fix this ???
I got the same problem as well now that i installed my 1000cc injectors.\
When i first start it, it runs in the region of 17-18 AFR on wideband and the settles down, must be as the ECU is catching up and doing the fuel trim.
I have Apexi intake with 1000cc injectors, MAF has not been scaled...
My STFT and LTFT were at 2 and 4. so i think they OK!
how can we fix this ???
19 160
25 175
50 180
75 181
Basically it takes 10 or so minutes of changing values little by little and reflashing until you get the idle right. Make sure to do it with cold O2 (you'll know it's cold and inactive if you log it, it will show 0 (o2 feedback))
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It settles down because O2 warms up and starts working and puts you into closed loop. Until that you idle in open loop, so you need to adjust your MAF scaling. So rescale your MAF and put these values in.
19 160
25 175
50 180
75 181
Basically it takes 10 or so minutes of changing values little by little and reflashing until you get the idle right. Make sure to do it with cold O2 (you'll know it's cold and inactive if you log it, it will show 0 (o2 feedback))
19 160
25 175
50 180
75 181
Basically it takes 10 or so minutes of changing values little by little and reflashing until you get the idle right. Make sure to do it with cold O2 (you'll know it's cold and inactive if you log it, it will show 0 (o2 feedback))
Thanks a stack bud i will give it a try and see.
when it warms up and the O2 catches up it settles down!
and these figure are in the MAF scaling table right?
should i change it in the MAF smoothing Table
my values are
192 114
256 114
512 116
768 119
1024 119 etc
Last edited by Whoop_ass; Oct 18, 2007 at 02:18 PM.
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What if your warm idle is lean, would adding latency help?
I have added alot of latency but my fuel trim is -2 mid and +5 for idle. How can I lower my idle trim more?
Also, if adding more latency, how does this affect my fuel map?
I have added alot of latency but my fuel trim is -2 mid and +5 for idle. How can I lower my idle trim more?
Also, if adding more latency, how does this affect my fuel map?
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Bigger injectors. Strangely, when I fitted bigger intercooler my idle went very lean. Since, I have increased latency by x7 and now it idles alot smoother but my trim is at +5. Do I keep adding latency?
Also my hoses are all connected.
??? Any ideas?
Also my hoses are all connected.
??? Any ideas?