Put on custom exhaust and afg gauge... my afr is 17... HLEP

[THE_FATTIE]

Title pretty well states it... 91 RT/TT stock fuel system, vacuum reduction deleted fuel solenoid... Pressure tested to 10psi and I think its holding rather well... For some reason after I started it the afr was reading 17 to pegging the meter... When I revved it would rise to about 15 or so and come back to 17... Im not sure what would be causing this. Could the gauge be bad? It was new in box when I bought it... Boost leak somewhere? Or should I let it warm up and take a cruse and see what it does? I was afraid to tonight upon gettin gthat reading... My car seems to be in a state of everything going wrong right now :(

[Keyan]

Exhaust leak before the sensor. If it was idling that high you'd feel it.

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[Maximal]

Yep, sounds like an exhaust leak (and a decent one at that) before the sensor.

What type of gauge is it? Some require calibration so that could be it also.

[THE_FATTIE]

I absolutely love that that is the first two answers I got... It's an aem digital gauge... And now that you mention it my girlfriend did say she saw smoke near the firewall... I did not see it tho... I'll try and do some checking today...

[Maximal]

The AEM's don't require calibration so chances are you've got a decent size leak somewhere...probably big enough to hear.

[THE_FATTIE]

I'm going to drop the dp and check for holes in the rear precat housing... I might have caught it with the drill.... After that I guess all that's left is the bolts/gaskets... I do have a Pretty loud lifter tic on the rear bank tho... With my head in there I can't hear much else...

[Toni]

Where is the o2 bung located? I assume since this is a custom exhaust they welded on a bung for it somewhere. Check for pinholes around the bung. Even the smallest one here can cause a major problem since it's right at the sensor. Ran into this when the previous owner(worst ever) "welded" bungs on JDM precats.

[THE_FATTIE]

The bung is on the DP... Its a tanabe ebay knockoff... Its right after where the rear pipe meets the main pipe... Ill try and dig up a pic...

http://i882.photobucket.com/albums/ac24/THE_FATTIE/IMAG0069-1.jpg

Its the one closest to the flex section....

I also have a youtube video now... I have 2 videos of me driving around but my phone wont let me upload them without a wifi connection... They should be up in the next couple days and Ill link them on here..


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5P53VT4-WA