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Old 10-19-2010, 05:38 PM
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Guys I've been wondering why there is so much fluctuation in my air fuel ratio so I decided to take a video of it in action. Thanks for the feedback.
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Perfectly normal. The front 02 sensors will allow the A/F ratio to dither around stoich (14.63) in order to keep the cats healthy. Looks like your gauge is mounted post cat because it is showing between 14.7-15.1 ish. This would be because the A/F mix leans out through the cat. Even if it's not mounted post cat, it's fine. It's not unusual for wide band set ups to need a slight tweak in dead band in order to allow for voltage drops between the 02 sensor & gauge.

Again, everything looks to be working properly.
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Perfectly normal. The front 02 sensors will allow the A/F ratio to dither around stoich (14.63) in order to keep the cats healthy. Looks like your gauge is mounted post cat because it is showing between 14.7-15.1 ish. This would be because the A/F mix leans out through the cat. Even if it's not mounted post cat, it's fine. It's not unusual for wide band set ups to need a slight tweak in dead band in order to allow for voltage drops between the 02 sensor & gauge.

Again, everything looks to be working properly.
I'm not running any cats on my car. With this wideband, I had to cut a hole in my exhaust right after the collectors. I'm still about 6 inches from the collector.
I was just hoping that I didn't mount the sensor in the correct position in order to get an accurate reading.
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Yah, OK. In either case, everything is good. At WOT, you should see her drop down to the 12.5-13.1 range.
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Thanks for the help.
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yeah it seems normal to me.



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