CEL error :(
06-25-2003, 08:45 PM
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CEL error :(
Let me just give you the info. First I put on the blitz cat back exhaust. Second I put on the AEM cai. Everything was ok for like 2 weeks. Then I put on the cat-less perrin down pipe. I didn’t want to mess with moving the o2 sensor so I took it to easy street and they put it on for me. I drove it off the lot with everything running good. Everything stayed good for like 2 more weeks. Then one day the CEl just turned on. Acceleration and boost feel fine. I was just wondering if anyone had something like this happen. I don’t know if I should take it to the dealer or to easystreet. Im guessing its just something with the o2 senser but im not expert. What can I do to check other than take it back to the dealer ??? if that’s my last resort are they going to yell at me for moding the car. I don’t think it would be coverd under warranty.
06-26-2003, 01:13 PM
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cel club...
hey donk,
ok, wrx has the greddy cat back, custom up-pipe, & dawes device boost controller (17psi). My car lived in sfo for a little over a year, during the drive down it threw a cel when i hit full boost @ about 4k rpm. The cel stayed on for another 7 days, my friend/previous owner said that a cel form full boost @4k rpm was normal & that it would go off in a day or so. So i started to get a little worried when it didnt go off in said time. So, what i did was reset the ecu, unplug the battery cables, step on the brake to drain the left over power, wait a few seconds, then put everything back, & start engine. Ah yes, no cel. But the car felt slower, i hear that the wrx ecu tends to "learn" things so maybe that was why i felt the loss in power. But, yeah, every now & then i do get a cel whenever i hit 100mph in 5th. Fuel cuts off & cel lights up. But, it usually goes away very quickly, always less than 24hrs. In hindsight, i would now guess that the cel had stayed on for soo long since the car wasnt used to the climate difference between sfo & so-cal.
--michael
ok, wrx has the greddy cat back, custom up-pipe, & dawes device boost controller (17psi). My car lived in sfo for a little over a year, during the drive down it threw a cel when i hit full boost @ about 4k rpm. The cel stayed on for another 7 days, my friend/previous owner said that a cel form full boost @4k rpm was normal & that it would go off in a day or so. So i started to get a little worried when it didnt go off in said time. So, what i did was reset the ecu, unplug the battery cables, step on the brake to drain the left over power, wait a few seconds, then put everything back, & start engine. Ah yes, no cel. But the car felt slower, i hear that the wrx ecu tends to "learn" things so maybe that was why i felt the loss in power. But, yeah, every now & then i do get a cel whenever i hit 100mph in 5th. Fuel cuts off & cel lights up. But, it usually goes away very quickly, always less than 24hrs. In hindsight, i would now guess that the cel had stayed on for soo long since the car wasnt used to the climate difference between sfo & so-cal.
--michael
06-27-2003, 11:05 PM
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Maybe get one of these http://www.ponyexpressperformance.co...liminator.html
Although not sure how many people use it or how good it works but hey, its cheap!
Although not sure how many people use it or how good it works but hey, its cheap!
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