I hooked up my A/F ratio gauge correctly and it looks like a disco in my car. It goes all over the band. I have seen other people with it and it stays steady with only one bar lit. Mine is showing 4 to 6 bars lit at a time. Autometer says that it should look like this

I was wondering if anyone else has this hooked up and acts like this and if anyone can help me out. Thanks.

 

yah my does that too! is something wrong!!??!?

 

You need a wideband 02 sensor for it to work correctly

 

I don't think that anything is wrong, Its just not specific enough for me. I know that I need a wideband o2sensor for it to work but the gauges work on 1v and wideband sensors work from 1 to 5 volts so I'll need a controller unit and that can get very pricey just for a gauge. There is no bolt on wideband o2sensor for honda's.

 

thats the reason you dont see that many people with a/f gauges

 

They are always all over the place.. But when you press on the gas it should stay at one particular spot and thats when you read to see if your running rich oe lean.
Mike

 

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You definitely do not need a wideband for it to work properly.

A wideband sensor would be useful for tuning, and if you need to know exact a/f ratio. These guages are not for that purpose...they are just a safety device to ensure things are running OK. Hit WOT and see your guage drop from rich to stoich all of a sudden, you know to shut down.

At normal driving and idle, it should fly around like that. At WOT it should stick on a bar or two, and thats your reading.

 

if you don't like all that dancing around try this one



http://gadgetseller.com/gauges...s.htm

 

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You definitely do not need a wideband for it to work properly.

A wideband sensor would be useful for tuning, and if you need to know exact a/f ratio. These guages are not for that purpose...they are just a safety device to ensure things are running OK. Hit WOT and see your guage drop from rich to stoich all of a sudden, you know to shut down.

At normal driving and idle, it should fly around like that. At WOT it should stick on a bar or two, and thats your reading.</TD></TR></TABLE>

I had a friend with a Mustang cobra with a vortech supercharger... his a/f gauge also ran up and down at idle.... pretty normal from what I heard.

 

throw it away .. its pointless

 

mine is 4 bar lite too, only on startup 1 bar is lit, when you let go off the gas no bar is lit, then it comes back on, and when you floor it maybe 2 bars is lit. Its all normal

 

yup mine is the same way. and one of my friends had one in his accord and civic and it did the same thing. you really only need it for the wot.

 

how do u know if ur running rich or not, does it like stay on the right side or go to the left side? also, what are some other ways to tell if ur running rich besides a guage? and maybe even an exact definition of running rich would help my novice ***