NF engine running too lean

Ado Sigal a.sigal at bluewin.ch
Sun Sep 23 15:23:38 PDT 2007


Sounds like the car is permanently in closed loop, so check the throttle 
switch and wiring and go from there.

Cheers,

Ado



Eyvind E. Spangen wrote:

>I installed this, and now the car feels a lot better and has got almost
>perfect CO content. But when driving, it's too lean. The car lacks a lot of
>power and feels like it's slightly missing. If I try going up a hill in 5th
>at about 60 mph, it almost won't keep the speed.. I tried richening the
>mixture almost 1/4 turn, but that was far too much. Tried 1/8 turn and did
>not feel very much difference at all. I have the Bentley manual and will try
>all the measurements there, but it is kinda weird that the car is running so
>lean, but richening the mixture makes no difference until it gets to 1/4
>turn and far too rich.. With the old DPR, the car was running far too rich,
>CO content over 10%, but it had the correct power. Now it's slower than a
>school bus.. :P
>
>I tried measuring the DPR current using some cables I made. I'm sure they
>are working and connected the right way, I set my multimeter to 200 mA, but
>I got nothing except 0.00 anyway. Will the current stay at 0.00 all the time
>if the car stays in open loop?
>
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