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Old Mar 19, 2011, 09:08 AM
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too lean at idle

I finally got around to putting my wideband in and getting the ecu flast started my problem is at idle and normal cruising on the highway my afrs are 15.7-17+ !! I know in my previos car it would run about 14.7-16 what could be causing the afr to bee so lean? No exhaust leaks or anything. Under boost wot @18-19.5psi my afr is 10.5-11.2. Thanks in advance
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Maybe its set for a lean burn at cruise. For gas milage?
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just try to fix it..you have a wideband now do some logs and adjust accordingly
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Adjust what? He having the problem at idle and cruse so that would indicate close loop. That's suppose to be 14.7 with minor adjustments via feed back from the Narrow-band Lambda sensor. I start with clean the injectors and reseting the fuel trims (disconnect the -ve from the car battery for a few second). If thing still look lean, try replacing the Narrow-band Lambda sensor with a know working one if you can.
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Make sure your have NO exhaust leaks. Exhaust leaks will make the reading incorrectly leaner.
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Originally Posted by mtm864
I finally got around to putting my wideband in and getting the ecu flast started my problem is at idle and normal cruising on the highway my afrs are 15.7-17+ !! I know in my previos car it would run about 14.7-16 what could be causing the afr to bee so lean? No exhaust leaks or anything. Under boost wot @18-19.5psi my afr is 10.5-11.2. Thanks in advance
I know I am no tuner, but .7 AFR deviation at WOT (steady boost not 18-19.5) just means you need a re-tune. Your cruise areas are probably not so great either along with your maf/injector scalings.

Your O2 sensor could be on its way out or reading slowly too. Couple of things you could try before forking your rom over to a tuner-would be a good thing to go ahead and replace those items as preventative maintenance (just the upstream O2).

Are you going lean (17+) on tip into wot at a cruise RPM like 3000/then going rich to your 10.5-11.2? Poor tuning is suspect/or a retune is required for parts additions. I never really saw my stock evo on a wideband...so it could be the crappy stock tune lol.

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