Still running rich after flash??

[SOSPEED]

I had my ecu flashed last friday and my O2 meter still says i am running rich?? I thought the flash was going to fix that.. My car does fell alot better thought. It gets up and goes below 4000 RPM now so i am happy....

 

[funnylittlman]

Nope.

They advanced timing only. if you saw chojin's graphs..... they were rich as well.

-fnny

 

[Notorious]

Mazda didn't change the fuel maps, they just advanced the timing so compensate for the hesistation.

 

[chillinmcmillan]

so does this mean that gas milage won't improve? I saw someone else post on here and say that after the flash they were getting about 50 more miles per tank?

 

[1338]

i thought my gas malige actualy got a lil worse,

 

[Notorious]

Well it should actually improve a little bit. Since there is more power in the mid range it would require less input in the acclerator. This of course all depends on driving style and other variables.

 

[Eric-BlackMSP]

should a FPRD kit still be used with the flash?

 

[ThrillRide]

i got 29 to the gal first tank after flash, was getting about 24-26. i ran it pretty hard after the flash. i still have a little bump of hesitation around 3500. no major deal though.

 

[zzooomm]

My wastegate tee connector was knocked loose at the dealer about three months ago and my car was out of control. I returned to the dealer and they found it. After the ECU reprogram I removed it to see what they did to the computer. If you pull the Vac/boost line off your wastegate you can only get 12.5 psi of boost max. Before I could hit 18psi. So Mazda did more than just a timing fix. Somebody else try it. I am back to stock at 6 psi. Car runs better overall.