lean cold idle, what could be the cause
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lean cold idle, what could be the cause
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So for a while now I have been struggling with with a nagging issue. When I first start up the car in the AM or after it has fully cooled to ambient temperature, it idles lean and rough (16.5:1 to 17:1) while the O2 feedback trim is 0. Once the O2 feedback trim kicks in, the afr cleans up 10 14.5:1 to 15.1:1 as the O2 feedback trim climbs to around +10. This typically takes around 60 seconds or so.
Once the car is fully warmed up and driven a bit, the 02 feedback trims settle down. My long term trims are currently hovering around -2 low and -4 middle regardless of when I log them (am during the warm up cyle, or after the car is fully warm and has been driven for a while).
After a good drive the O2 feedback trims will float between 0 and +4 ish, so I don't think the injector scaling is off by much. Battery voltage is always right at 14.5 volts at idle and during warm up.
Any thoughts on what to look at?
So for a while now I have been struggling with with a nagging issue. When I first start up the car in the AM or after it has fully cooled to ambient temperature, it idles lean and rough (16.5:1 to 17:1) while the O2 feedback trim is 0. Once the O2 feedback trim kicks in, the afr cleans up 10 14.5:1 to 15.1:1 as the O2 feedback trim climbs to around +10. This typically takes around 60 seconds or so.
Once the car is fully warmed up and driven a bit, the 02 feedback trims settle down. My long term trims are currently hovering around -2 low and -4 middle regardless of when I log them (am during the warm up cyle, or after the car is fully warm and has been driven for a while).
After a good drive the O2 feedback trims will float between 0 and +4 ish, so I don't think the injector scaling is off by much. Battery voltage is always right at 14.5 volts at idle and during warm up.
Any thoughts on what to look at?
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So i guess I'm the only one who has run into this...
So far, I have tried lowering the ISCV settings by 10 and noticed things got worse, idle got leaner and rougher. Today I will be raising iscv setting by 10 over stock settings.
Based on the logging I have done, lowering the ISCV causes the mixture to get leaner, so I hope raising it will move the mixture richer.
So far, I have tried lowering the ISCV settings by 10 and noticed things got worse, idle got leaner and rougher. Today I will be raising iscv setting by 10 over stock settings.
Based on the logging I have done, lowering the ISCV causes the mixture to get leaner, so I hope raising it will move the mixture richer.
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That is exactly the kind of feedback I'm looking for. I was figuring it to be related to cold start enrichment. Any idea on a service manual section or a part number??
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If you just let your car idle for 10 minutes, what does your LTFT Lo (request 0C) and STFT (request 0F) go to? Does the LTFT Lo hover around -2 like you said, with the STFT around 0?
If so, then it's not the injector scaling. If your LTFT Lo settles around +10, though, it is you injector scaling.
The reason is because when you start your car from a cooldown, the car starts in open loop and will stay there for a set period of time (coolant temps, etc). So, during this brief period, you don't get any O2 feedback or fuel trim correction and you are running solely from your injector scaling and I think even your open loop fuel map.
So, what I would do to rule out your injector scaling as a possible issue is to go for a drive to make sure you are up to operating temps, then just sit in your driveway and idle for a good 10 minutes. Watch your LTFT Low (request 0C) and tell us what it settles to then. If it settles around 0, then at least you can rule out any injector issues and look elsewhere.
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If you just let your car idle for 10 minutes, what does your LTFT Lo (request 0C) and STFT (request 0F) go to? Does the LTFT Lo hover around -2 like you said, with the STFT around 0?
If so, then it's not the injector scaling. If your LTFT Lo settles around +10, though, it is you injector scaling.
The reason is because when you start your car from a cooldown, the car starts in open loop and will stay there for a set period of time (coolant temps, etc). So, during this brief period, you don't get any O2 feedback or fuel trim correction and you are running solely from your injector scaling and I think even your open loop fuel map.
So, what I would do to rule out your injector scaling as a possible issue is to go for a drive to make sure you are up to operating temps, then just sit in your driveway and idle for a good 10 minutes. Watch your LTFT Low (request 0C) and tell us what it settles to then. If it settles around 0, then at least you can rule out any injector issues and look elsewhere.
Eric
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This solved my problem in the same situation
Raise your hi-oct fuel map values 0-1500 RPM and 0-50% load to about 141-145 (Sorry, I do not use the AFR numbers). This puts my cold idle at 13.0-13.7 depending on air temperature.
This does not affect your trims since the map since the closed loop map is used at operating temperatures ( 128 using 8 bit).
Try it like Mikey....I know you will like it
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This does not affect your trims since the map since the closed loop map is used at operating temperatures ( 128 using 8 bit).
Try it like Mikey....I know you will like it
HiVolt
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If you just let your car idle for 10 minutes, what does your LTFT Lo (request 0C) and STFT (request 0F) go to? Does the LTFT Lo hover around -2 like you said, with the STFT around 0?
If so, then it's not the injector scaling. If your LTFT Lo settles around +10, though, it is you injector scaling.
The reason is because when you start your car from a cooldown, the car starts in open loop and will stay there for a set period of time (coolant temps, etc). So, during this brief period, you don't get any O2 feedback or fuel trim correction and you are running solely from your injector scaling and I think even your open loop fuel map.
So, what I would do to rule out your injector scaling as a possible issue is to go for a drive to make sure you are up to operating temps, then just sit in your driveway and idle for a good 10 minutes. Watch your LTFT Low (request 0C) and tell us what it settles to then. If it settles around 0, then at least you can rule out any injector issues and look elsewhere.
Eric
If you just let your car idle for 10 minutes, what does your LTFT Lo (request 0C) and STFT (request 0F) go to? Does the LTFT Lo hover around -2 like you said, with the STFT around 0?
If so, then it's not the injector scaling. If your LTFT Lo settles around +10, though, it is you injector scaling.
The reason is because when you start your car from a cooldown, the car starts in open loop and will stay there for a set period of time (coolant temps, etc). So, during this brief period, you don't get any O2 feedback or fuel trim correction and you are running solely from your injector scaling and I think even your open loop fuel map.
So, what I would do to rule out your injector scaling as a possible issue is to go for a drive to make sure you are up to operating temps, then just sit in your driveway and idle for a good 10 minutes. Watch your LTFT Low (request 0C) and tell us what it settles to then. If it settles around 0, then at least you can rule out any injector issues and look elsewhere.
Eric
Anyway, once the engine is warmed up the trims are fine long term low normally around 0 (+ / - 2) O2 feedback around + / - 2. Problem only occurs during cold start. I suspect is has to do with a out of scale maf reading at the cold start rpm. Reason I say this is the only time the engine sits at 1,300 - 1,500 rpm is during cold start. I'm going to scale the maf at that Hz reading and see what happens from there.
Also to support the maf theory, I recently changed from the ebay BR knock off filter to an AFE filter and the cold start lean spot has gone from 18:1 to 16.5:1. Prior to the filters, I was just running the banks box mod but still had the issue.
Like Eric was mentioning, during the initial warm up, the trims are not active so I think this is either related to a cold start enrichment map (that does not like re scaled injectors) or a wacky spot in the maf output that only occurs at the cold start rpm range.