crucial si

i installed my a/f guage a couple days ago..and it didnt work..so i fucked around with it more, and tried it to all 4 wires off the o2 sensor, just for ***** and giggles..when i turn on the car, sometimes it would stay in lean(red) or just in rich (green) anyhow, i know i have it hooked up right now, it works, but half ***.

it goes into rich and to the middle of stoich, then cuts off. it wont go into lean.

what could it be?

Elex

unless its a wideband 02, its a piece of ****.

so thats how they all work

tonyxcom

I concur.

If it isn't too late, return it, its useless, except for maybe ***** and giggles.

crucial si

your missing the point.

i know a/f guages arent all that great on hondas, but i have one and i decided to install it, along with my boost guage.

tonyxcom

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Actually, you are. You are asking "what could it be" in respect to it acting all goofy.

That is what they do, and that is why they are useless.

crucial si

im sure its not suppost to shut off when its in the middle of stoich.

tonyxcom

and I am sure that you are not supposed to hook it up to every wire either, but you did that anyway.

Listen to what we are telling you.

It is WORTHLESS. If you shat and giggled today, then it did its job.

crucial si

i hooked it up to each wire INDIVIDUALLY.

so this is how you get 7000 posts?

Trial User

7248 posts to be exact.

Are you sure the gauge is good? Have you checked the connections? Which wire do you have the signal wire hooked to?

tonyxcom

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by crucial si &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i hooked it up to each wire INDIVIDUALLY.

so this is how you get 7000 posts?</TD></TR></TABLE>

Yup, by trying to correct the mistakes of people who ask but dont listen.

crucial si

yeah, im sure its on the correct one..

on the o2 extension wire, its on the white wire, which is off the white wire when its not on the extension.

slowdx

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Actually, you are. You are asking "what could it be" in respect to it acting all goofy.

That is what they do, and that is why they are useless.</TD></TR></TABLE>

They arent useless, they make a pretty light show, listen to tony man if your going to complain about it acting funny then take it out cause thats all it does. Just replace it with something worthwhile or just dont put any more worthless gauges in your car.

Trial User

Which gauge would be better for monitoring air/fuel ration for under $500? I know the automoter a/f gauge is crap, but what would you get that wouldn't cost more than the price of a T3?

tonyxcom

just get one of the many DIY kits on the net and a VX o2 sensor.

KOALA YUMMIES

Hehehe, I got one of those $15 ones from Hobbycar or something. Never hooked it up, but if its funny to watch then I will.

If I have a JDM B16 swap, the 02 sensor has 4 wires, which one?

B_CRUZ!

I wonder how many IM's you'll get today crying about "'you were rude to me in my post...'" lol.

mastarolla

What model civic are you running it on? IF in fact it isnt the correct voltage coming off the sensor, you will get incorrect readings and it will act funny like that.

crucial si

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wtf are you talking about?

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92 Si..stock motor..boosted.

ATS*Mark

does the reading disapear when you get off the gas? its supposed to do that

crucial si

nah...it shut off when it directly gets to the middle of the gauge.

tominos

yea, you're not supposed to hook up the signal wire to every wire on the 02. if you ground out the signal wire, you have ruined the gauge. at least to my understanding. or maybe your gauge is just whack.

ATS*Mark

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so youll be on the gas???? and it will shut off right , cause its supposed to go blank when you take your foot off the pedal... and BTW these guages are good to moniter ur airfuel , you cant really do anything about it unless you get a wideband o2 , the jumping around is the computer doing its job......

allmtrSI

i've had my auto-meter air/fuel gauge for over two years now and about 2 months ago, it was acting really crazy.. i even posted a thread about it, turns out the wire to the o2 sensor was loose so instead of T tapping it i just spliced the wire into it and it works like a charm again.. so maybe check to see if the wire has full contact to the o2, hope that helps.