if my car ever starts to run lean, will a CEL come on?

 

That's not deductive reasoning,that's guessing. Ride500 is 100% correct. You dont "get rid" of CELs. A CEL comes on and many had a given life time. If the problem that caused the CEL doesn't happen again, it doesn't come on again. But the only way you shut off a CEL is to hook up an OBD-II tool and shut it off.

You have no idea what the CEL was. With any luck its still in memory and can be read.

jason

 

It can, but its not guaranteed. I ran lean enough to knock at higher loads (almost 12:1 at 16+ psi), even audibly once over major engine roar, and never had a cell.

Removing the silencer will not cause problems. The device which effects fuel delivery in response to air coming into the engine (MAF sensor) is AFTER the silencer, on the engine side of the intake path. That is, it reads the state of air already past the silencer and the ECU can fuel the engine appropriately.

If you are really worried, get a wideband 02 sensor. My new motto, heh.

jason

 

I installed my intake elbow two days ago, so far no problems, no cels, it even sounds nice. Me likey!

 

aright cool... few more questions (i hope)... is there anyway that having the elbow on that the intake can suck in rain water? and... wideband 02 sensor... is it just a aftermarket mass air sensor? is it better, if so, how? where can i get one? how much?

K i'm going to stop being a pain now.... MAN I REMEBER BACK IN THE DAY WHEN U CAN MESS WITH A CAR ALL U WANT AND IT WILL NOT ***** ABOUT IT...... NOW DAYS.. U MESS WITH SOMETHING SIMPLE AND ALL HELL BRAKES LOOSE... WTF CAR MAKER PEOPLE....

 

does "back in the day" also entail >150hp/liter?

 

or, reset your ecu, which the poster had done after replacing the snorkus. that's when the CEL "went away."

ken

 

Just don't drive through lakes. A wb02 sensor measures the amount of 02 in your exhaust gases. There are cheaper methods, I have the TurboXS Tuner, $400. Some are less than $300. You don't really need it unless you are playing with fuel delivery, but if you are THAT curious...

And back in the day 4 cylinder cars were a lot slower. With great power comes a whole lotta other crap.

jason

 

oooo gotcha.....

Back in the day guys!!! do u guys remeber??? u can old cars to be quick cuz there wasn't all this safty carp in it.... old school datsun 510... 280z... CRX.... RX-7.... mustangs.... cudas... even old amc pacers and gemlens... the american cars were heavy but they had big motors to back them up and the little crx and datsuns... along with the amc gremlens had small motors but weights like... less than a ton. but as time has gone by cars got heavyer and then they splaped on all these computers (not saying the crx didn't have a ecu... but it was pretty easy to get around) that just bi*ch everytime u tuch something

 

BUT! i have to say... the newer cars handle alot better then older cars..... stock wise that is...