Brief lean-AFR spikes in SSAFC data logging from the wideband
Does anyone know why these Lean Spikes (see picture:
) occur?
The depicted region is from 5000 to 5500 RPM, at maximum zoom.
The AFR seems to be at a steady level except for those quick spikes. The spikes seem to occur randomly between data logging sessions. They are very brief, so the Wideband gauge usually doesn't refresh its display at that particular moment, but when it does, I see a brief, very lean reading and I get freaked out because I should not be running the car that lean.
The other strange thing in the attached picture are the other (unused) auxiliary-inputs' activities. The Wideband reading is the only thing that is logged in the SSAFC; the other three auxiliary inputs on the SSAFC are not connected to anything, yet they show moderate activity. I'd expect those unused inputs to have a flat curve at the bottom of the scale.
The Wideband is fairly new so I'm guessing that it isn't malfunctioning. Also, I moved the Wideband's ground cable directly to the car battery thinking that maybe I had a bad ground, but that didn't make the spikes go away.
Are those Lean spikes real and I should be concerned, or just some ghost readings courtesy of the SSAFC?