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Help - odd O2/frequency valve - resolved

Just wanted to follow up on this for the archives.

I think I mentioned it in one of my posts but, I had installed a cat converter early spring and I suspected the mixture was set up with the straight pipe (by the previous owner).

After some reading and little head scratching, I suspected that the system was running very rich with the cat installed and that possibly the lambda system just couldn't adjust the mixture to the stoichiometric area (50% duty cycle) due to the limited range of the of the control system.

I got the system working properly by adjusting the mixture 1/4 turn CCW (lean) while watching the frequency valve duty cycle. Once I turned the screw the duty cycle moved near 50% and started fluctuating.

Car runs great and the exhaust doesn't smell at all. It's rather strange to have the car idling in the garage and not smell anything!

Mike
Old 06-03-2010, 10:41 AM
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