So i found my CEL code was 45, fuel mixture too rich or lean. heres the story. went to the track and car felt funny, inspected it and found the throttle cable was VERY loose...so we went home and tightened the cable, which is too say as much as we could, from the look of it, it doesnt have any more room to go any tighter...and afterwards my CEL came on and car felt more responsive but every now and then it feels like it has a little hesitation, maybe too rich and flooding a bit?

So my question is, will just adjusting the throttle cable cause the CEL to come on? should i just go ahead and replace the cable? also once when i shifted from second to neutral for a stop sign, RPM's held at close to 3k, gave the pedal a tap and it dropped to normal<around 1k> any help on this mystery is greatly appreciated! thanks guys..




[Modified by YellowR2000x2, 2:35 AM 8/31/2002]

 

anyone have any clue?

 

You need slack on that throttle cable, you're like killing it right now. Just back it out a little, I forget exactly how much but maybe half an inch of up/down slack? Not sure if that will cure your CEL problem but it'll make your cable last longer, that's for sure.

 

ok, thats somthing i was wondering! at least i got one response! heh, thanks for the info though, ill give that a try and see what happens..anyone else have any tips or recomendations?

 

what kind of mods to the motor? i had the same problem 3yrs ago. maybe i can help

 

only mods are an AEM CAI and Greddy EVO catback. 60k miles...

 

well, i back it off a bit, so theres a little slack in it, but the CEL is still on, anyone else know what could be the cause of my code? any and all helps appreciated!!!

 

i had the same prloblem on my gs-r the only way it got fixed was by
putting a obd1 p72 in the car i have a 98

 

hey that sounds like a good idea too! been thinking of kenji's P28's...
but anyone have any other ideas asides from swappin out the ECU? just worried, i dont want to hurt my car!

 

under federal Emissions Warranties 8/80 your car should still be covered,
just take it to the Dealer it's provably an 02 sensor or something...

 

if it was an O2 sensor, the CEL would give the # for o2 sensor. When my throttle use to get stuck, I took a damp rang and ran it over the throttle cable to clean all the **** off it is. Haven't had a problem since. Could be as simple as that...

 

Actually, the Helms states that one of the reasons a code 45 could be thrown is the O2 sensor. Checking the O2 is one of the troubleshooting steps for a code 45.

Andy (who's dealing with the same damn engine code 45 issue)

 

Sorry to bring this back from the dea, but did either of you fix the problem? If so, how did you do it? I am having the same problem right now.

 

I had the code pop up once, and only once. Reset the ECU and it hasn't come up again after quite some while. I'm thinking it was bad gas, since I had left the car parked for quite sometime while I was in Asia.