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Posted: Tue Feb 15, 2005 9:26 am 
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Hey all,

I have recently had a fair ammount of work done to my EF I6 and it goes great but half the time when i plant the foot it seems to hit a heap of flat spots almost like a carby car does, I reset the computer and that worked for a day then it came back? any ideas?

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Posted: Tue Feb 15, 2005 9:40 am 
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who did the work? have u been back to them?
also clean out the tb
what about plugs and leads are they new or old?

 

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Posted: Tue Feb 15, 2005 9:43 am 
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Suspect o2 senser ???

 

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Posted: Tue Feb 15, 2005 9:56 am 
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Leads and PLugs are new,

How do i clean out the TB
What should i do to the O2 sensor

 

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Posted: Tue Feb 15, 2005 2:21 pm 
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i had the same prob on my eb fairmont a while back, took the oxygen sensor out gave it a clean up. worked like a dream, if not sometimes replacing it would be the go.
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Posted: Tue Feb 15, 2005 2:26 pm 
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i've got the same prob with my au11, where is the oxygen sensor located on the au's???

 

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Posted: Tue Feb 15, 2005 3:01 pm 
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Cos its only started doing it since i had the head work and stage 4 cam in

 

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Posted: Tue Feb 15, 2005 3:21 pm 
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Does it only hit the flat spots when you floor it?

Then it sounds like you have reached the limits of the ECU, when your not flooring it the O2 sensor is controlling mixtures. But when you floor it the ECU goes into open loop mode. With all your mods it's probabily not getting enough fuel.

Dyno it and check your air fuel ratios. If no good think about a chip/interceptor or aftermarket ECU.

AND/OR since you have increased compression it is getting detonation and reducing the timing - are you running on premium 98? Any pinging or knocking sounds from the engine under load?

Detonation and lean mixtures can damage your engine so take it easy untill you sort it out.

 

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Posted: Tue Feb 15, 2005 3:24 pm 
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mine happens when i floor it but it also hapens with half throttle as well. thats why i think it maybe the o2 sensor.

 

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Posted: Tue Feb 15, 2005 3:43 pm 
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I have a flat spot in my new engine too. It kicks in about 3000 rpm and comes good about 4000. It's particuarly noticable in 3rd gear, especially if you're going up a hill. It'll be happily pulling away then hit 3000 and stop accelerating then come good again.

It's going on the dyno tomorrow so I'll check it out then.

 

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Posted: Tue Feb 15, 2005 3:55 pm 
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sounds a lot like whats wrong with mine i'll get a uni and see what happens
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Posted: Tue Feb 15, 2005 4:21 pm 
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a unichip ?
That's a very expensive way of trouble shooting!
(altho worthwhile anyway if you have the money to burn)

 

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Posted: Tue Feb 15, 2005 4:36 pm 
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Spork wrote:
Does it only hit the flat spots when you floor it?

Then it sounds like you have reached the limits of the ECU, when your not flooring it the O2 sensor is controlling mixtures. But when you floor it the ECU goes into open loop mode. With all your mods it's probabily not getting enough fuel.

Dyno it and check your air fuel ratios. If no good think about a chip/interceptor or aftermarket ECU.

AND/OR since you have increased compression it is getting detonation and reducing the timing - are you running on premium 98? Any pinging or knocking sounds from the engine under load?

Detonation and lean mixtures can damage your engine so take it easy untill you sort it out.


What can happen to the engine??? how do i find out whats wrong

 

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Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2005 9:40 am 
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yea s chip is a very expencive way of trouble shooting but it's the only thing thats not been checked and checked again, every one thats seen and played with the car don't know what the causes is and all put it down to it not beening chiped.
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Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2005 2:09 pm 
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Choca wrote:
What can happen to the engine??? how do i find out whats wrong


Lean mixtures leads to burnt out valves.

Detonation leads to all sorts of trouble. Too much to go into briefly. If you drive around with a pinging engine and thrash it, you'll be up for a new engine within a couple of tankfulls of petrol... depending on how bad the detonation is. It can last a long time. I've heard stories about people getting engine rebuilds with performance modifications and getting the car towed back a few days later with a totally destroyed engine just because the timing was off.
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