I installed my a/f guage now the car runs wierd. sometimes when i first start it the idle is loopy. the car even moves front to back cause the idle is so bad. it also smokes a little now and you can smell gas really strong standing behind the car. and the damn check engine light comes on and goes off.
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You installed its signal wire in the wrong place.
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well the a/f gauge works right. wrong place? what do you mean?
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If you tapped the wrong wire, you can get surging issues because of either low voltage to your O2 sensor or 1 of the many other common problems. Do a search.
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i tapped the purple wire that im supposed to. i tapped it in the middle.
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i wanted to add that i searched before i did it and have to diagram that im sure everyone has seen.
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Jake wrote:you wasted your $.
Not realy, If he intends to boost then an A/F guage is very helpfull. If he's running stock or altleast N/A, then yeah he wasted money.
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i spray a 65 shot. not a waste of money. i know its not completly accurate but its close enought to let me know if i get into the lean then thats bad. not a waste. just wanna to know y its doing what its doing.
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any clues? tired of the rough idles. please help.
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Bottle fed Sleeper wrote:i tapped the purple wire that im supposed to. i tapped it in the middle.
its not always purple... its basically the location thats most important...
i taped the wire in the middle between the sensor and the plug.
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dont tape....
solder.
considering as low as voltage that the air fuel has to reach, you want the connection to be accurate as possible.
Yeah, I wasn't sure if he was saying he taped into the wire or he taped it off with electrical tape. If you used one of those damn vampire-taps rip everything back out and solder it like it should be. Those things are crap. Any time any connections are made on a car like that they should be soldered and then secured with that shrink tape stuff to help seal out moisture/debris and keep the connection from grounding itself out.
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'01 Cavalier Z24 - 5Speed
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