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Old 06-26-2006, 03:15 PM
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Default Some crazy O2 switching problems under part throttle.

This weekend I had a chance to have a friend do some data logging and drivability tuning for my car. We noticed that at part throttle 10-40% in lower rpm ranges (1600-3800), when I would roll into the throttle my O2's would start switching like crazy till I hit 50% or greater throttle or went above a certain rpm, and they would then stabilize and smooth out.

I will try and post a snapshot later, but think of it like a richter scale twitching during an earthquake. Both O2's were doing this, so I don't think it's a isolated issue to one side or the other. They are both relatively new (<10,000 miles) and they switch normally at steady throttle or at WOT, it's just at part throttle.

So has anyone ever seen something like this? Once again I will post more info when I get the tables at a later point in time.

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They're supposed to switch as the PCM homes in on stoichiometric AFR (is this what you're seeing, or is it something else...?);

at WOT or in open loop they will go steady (and they stop switching) at some voltage giving you a [very, very] rough estimate of AFR;

post some pics, let us see.

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yeh, as far as i know thats what they are supposed to do.. based on MAP and TP position(also load) they will go from stoich to your PE AFR which should be relatively smooth




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