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#1 skogshuggarn

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Posted 22 September 2004 - 02:58 PM

Today when I was going to park my NA Speedster in the garage the engine electronics light came on :beat: Going to take it to a Opel dealer tomorrow, but they are not used to Speedsters here :( I got a ITG induktionkit on and a complete Courtenay exhaust and racekat on the car, prekat removed. Is it Lamdasensor or AMM that has broke? (I have read somewere here about people using Courtenay exhaust and racekat geting "CEL") Is it expensive parts?

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Posted 22 September 2004 - 03:46 PM

Well it will not be the amm as the na doesnot need one. thumbsup

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Posted 22 September 2004 - 03:48 PM

There's no AMM on an n/a :unsure:

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Posted 22 September 2004 - 03:58 PM

I have read somewere here about people using Courtenay exhaust and racekat getting "CEL"

What is CEL? Some race cats have caused the ECU light to come on due to different (changed) conditions before/after the main cat. Dunno why really, maybe you should ask Courtenay if it is a common problem and a cure.

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Posted 22 September 2004 - 04:06 PM

is it a 200 cell cat? My engine light came on after a new zaust - spent months trying to figure out what it was, changed cat etc etc. Turned out it was the wire to the lamda sensors :rolleyes: I'd check teh wiring and change the sensors before you do anything else - its even possible to plug in the wiring the wrong way.

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Posted 22 September 2004 - 04:14 PM

Yes it´s a 200 cell kat. Had you conected it wrong? I never disconected my wires when changing kat. I have been driving with the exhaust for 4 weeks and have not had any trouble with it before. Could a lamda sensor shake loose and cause varninglight??

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Posted 22 September 2004 - 08:06 PM

happened to me, definalty is the lambda sensor, mine developed a fault and needed to be replaced............................ same thing as yours, get that checked out....

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Posted 23 September 2004 - 01:44 PM

Went to Opel today and got a Tech2 reading of my error code. The lamda before cat is working. O2 sensor after cat should send a steady liner signal if cat is working properly, my signal is not steady. So the 200 cel racecat is not working as it should be... OR.... Conclusions: 1: A racecat needs allot of heat to work properly, I have/had been driving allot of short distances in town where the cat not get warm enough, so after a while it gets a signal from O2 sensor that the cat is not working. 2: The O2 sensor after cat may be broken, if it is, varninglight should come back in a short future, and even when driving long distances. I will know that tomorrow when ha have some longer more fun driving to do rallly

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Posted 25 September 2004 - 05:08 PM

After 30 km of fun driving the light came on again when I had to slow down in a town :( I guess I have to waste some money on a new sensor after the cat :beat:

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Posted 04 April 2005 - 02:49 PM

After 30 km of fun driving the light came on again when I had to slow down in a town :(
I guess I have to waste some money on a new sensor after the cat :beat:

Hi,

how did you fix your CEL issue?

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Posted 05 April 2005 - 09:18 AM

We've been here before ! - check out the "Cel Light" thread.

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Posted 05 April 2005 - 09:56 AM

Think he has the O2Sim thingy... :unsure:

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Posted 06 April 2005 - 09:01 PM

The O2sim didn´t work :beat: , I got CEL again after 160km driving

I might try to connect it diffrently, but doubt it will help.

Edited by skogshuggarn, 06 April 2005 - 09:02 PM.


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Posted 07 April 2005 - 06:53 AM

I had to take my vx to the dealer when I had a low 02 level come up from using cheap crap fuel instead of the normal optimax /ultimate. Once the dealer had reset the light and I went back to using decent fuel it never happened again. thumbsup

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Posted 09 May 2005 - 09:38 AM

The O2sim didn´t work :beat: , I got CEL again after 160km driving

I might try to connect it diffrently, but doubt it will help.

Hello, any news on that one, it is my only hope!

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Posted 09 May 2005 - 08:51 PM

The O2sim didn´t work :beat: , I got CEL again after 160km driving

I might try to connect it diffrently, but doubt it will help.

O2sim works great but you must connect it in a different way,i must check because i've installed it some months ago but if i remember good you must connect the ground wire directly to chassis,check the forum of the o2sim i wrote about the right connection for the speedster to make all the things works.
Now i've done over 2000 km without any cat at all,completly free flow exhaust thumbsup :groupjump:

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Posted 09 May 2005 - 09:02 PM

This is my thread on how to install properly the O2sim on our car NA speedy.

http://www.o2simulat...html?1102778392

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Posted 10 May 2005 - 06:18 AM

This is my thread on how to install properly the O2sim on our car NA speedy.

http://www.o2simulat...html?1102778392

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Now I have to take a look and see where i got it wrong :rolleyes:

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Posted 10 May 2005 - 10:45 AM

Chould you mesure were 12V is when engine running or is egnition @ ON enough?? Have you got a pic on how yours is conected?? This is how i how mine is conected (and not working):

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Posted 10 May 2005 - 01:48 PM

Chould you mesure were 12V is when engine running or is egnition @ ON enough??

Have you got a pic on how yours is conected??

This is how i how mine is conected (and not working):

I must check,but you should connect the ground O2sim black wire directly to chassis and check for proper led blinking.




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