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Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2008 10:21 pm 
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Hi all,

I'm having a problem with a lean idle and nothing I do seems to help. My fuel pressure is set to 39psi without vacuum. I'm interested to know what pressure anyone elses is with vacuum attached, at idle, or what it should be.

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Posted: Fri Nov 28, 2008 12:03 am 
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what are your idle A/F ratio?
You could try upping the fuel pressure to 44
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Posted: Fri Nov 28, 2008 8:59 am 
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Idle afrs are sitting around 18:1. If I increase pressure to 44 would that not pump more fuel in across the board and I end up rich everywhere else?

 

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Posted: Fri Nov 28, 2008 1:27 pm 
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yeah upping the fuel pressure will increase it across the board.
If its that lean at idle, check for vacuum leaks and intake duct leaks, or possibly a bad / mismatched MAF.
whats the A/F ratio's like at wot? do they come back down to the 12's?
Is it running a chip?
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Posted: Fri Nov 28, 2008 2:18 pm 
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I'm running a tweecer. Using binary editor.

AFRs are sitting around the mid 12s at WOT. Cruise it sits on 14.7 in CL. It's just at idle I'm having the problem. The maf is an AU 73mm with stock electrics.

What should fuel pressure at idle be with the vacuum attached?

 

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Posted: Fri Nov 28, 2008 3:12 pm 
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around 40psi is where you would want it (275 kpa)
use the tweecer to lower the ve table around the idle area to richen the mixtures
aim for mid to high 12's around the idle bins
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Posted: Sun Nov 30, 2008 1:30 pm 
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66 coupe wrote:
around 40psi is where you would want it (275 kpa)


Sorry, just to clear this up for me, I should be seeing around 40psi with the vacuum attached to the AFPR?

 

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Posted: Sun Nov 30, 2008 2:18 pm 
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40 psi without vacuum attached
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Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2008 12:31 am 
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Yeah, that's where I'm at... well 39psi. Now, when I reattach the vacuum, any idea what pressure I should be seeing at idle?

 

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Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2008 2:37 am 
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prob around 30-32 psi thereabouts
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Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2008 8:49 am 
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Sweet, that's where it is. Cheers.

I've had no time to work on it the past few days and today is looking no better. Hopefully I can find time this arvo

 

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