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Posted: Fri Oct 27, 2006 4:54 pm 
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ok another question..

Now that I have these small mods:
AU gasket, ported head, mild cam, elec fans, EA intake

(soon to be followed by extractors and 2.5 exhaust)

is it necessary to do a dyno run to check fuel mixtures? How well does the standard ECU cope with re-fuelling?

The last thing I want to do is plant foot and have the engine lean out on me and burn a valve or something. It all depends on the capabilities of the factory computer with mods and I'm not familiar with the Falcons yet.

thoughts/comments.

 

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Posted: Fri Oct 27, 2006 7:01 pm 
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Doubt it will be lean, id almost put money on it running way to rich ;)

 

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Posted: Fri Oct 27, 2006 7:16 pm 
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she'll be right, the standard ecu/injector will cope. like stock said, she'll run rich. its not like its pumping out 190rwkw or more, is it?.

 

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Posted: Sat Oct 28, 2006 4:05 am 
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i'd swap the oxy sensor, change the fuel filter and reset the ecu if you were really that worried about it

 

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Posted: Sat Oct 28, 2006 10:18 am 
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yeah i didn't think it would be a problem.. just thought I'd check. Oh it's duel fuel too if that makes any difference?

how do you reset the ECU?

 

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Posted: Sat Oct 28, 2006 1:45 pm 
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yeah it's running rich as F.

how do you reset the ECU ?? my stupid manual won't tell me. :(

with the cam it's running rough as guts and blowing black smoke.. won't even hold an idle.

 

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Posted: Sat Oct 28, 2006 1:52 pm 
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ok I just found a post saying to disconnect the ECU for a min or two..

oh and the other thing is I have a orange warning light on the dash.. looks like a spray out of a box similar to the red low-coolant light..

what is this is it oil pressure?

 

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Posted: Sat Oct 28, 2006 2:25 pm 
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Just disconnect the battery for a while, 15-20 minutes should be fine and then the ECU will be reset ;) (oh, so will your radio)

 

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Posted: Sat Oct 28, 2006 2:57 pm 
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The orange warning light is probably the low windscreen washer alert. Mine sometimes comes on even with half a bottle of water. Just annoying not serious.
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