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Old 25-09-2011, 08:43 AM
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hi ive got a problem with my cossie running really rich ive set the fuel pressure replaced the cts the ats and the 3 bar map ive also tried a different regulator admitidly it was another second hand one,its running greys its just rich everywhere i took the throttle body off to check the tps and set it when i noticed fluid in the elbow of the inlet looks a bit like oil does anybody know where this could be coming from and if its got anything to do with the rich running,its a msd chip to run greys if i turn the pressure down to say 30 psi it will run okish but still a co of 6% and an afr of 12.5 which drops to 11-12 afr on full boost i cant see any issues with the pipework as its all new im confused any ideas pleeeeease

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Old 25-09-2011, 10:15 AM
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Have you changed water temp sensor ? Could be a software fault worth getting it set up if it is msd can alter the map if it's defiantly chip at fault. What have you set fuel pressure to ? Should be 3.5 bar with vacume off
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yeah changed the water temps sensor(cts) set the pressure at idle 3.5 bar 45psi but its off the scale at that with the regulator set at 2 bar i can get it down to around 5-6% co thats with the mixture screw on the ecu set at its lowest ive had the l6 ecu repaired so i know thats working ok but its still to high but it will run ok but the fuel pressures way to low,i dont know where to look next i cant believe theres a problem with the chip its a running fault.cheers
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if there is oil in the elbo on the inlet manifold then its coming from the turbo
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[QUOTE=ajamesc;5639484]if there is oil in the elbo on the inlet manifold then its coming from the turbo[/Q
that was the only thing i could think off but i was wondering if a little oil flowing through the inlet would give a rich reading i dont think so as usaully the breather port gets returned into inlet manifold anyway
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