What have you done to your P5 today?

I'm afraid to boost - right now my idle AFR's are 16.0:1 and higher constantly. No CEL, AFR's normal with normal driving and normal at WOT (read: pig rich). I just don't know what's going on. No CEL, no vac leak, no bad MAF... (poke)

Pfffttb you should be afraid to NOT boost then :D

I did a little rough tuning today. I'm hitting max injector duty on my 440s at about 6000rpm; max rev was 6300. My tune is also pig rich so that may have something to do with it. Hopefully I can get this sorted, I want to rev to the limiter (at least at autocrosses).
 
Pfffttb you should be afraid to NOT boost then :D

I did a little rough tuning today. I'm hitting max injector duty on my 440s at about 6000rpm; max rev was 6300. My tune is also pig rich so that may have something to do with it. Hopefully I can get this sorted, I want to rev to the limiter (at least at autocrosses).
LOL I actually thought of that.

Did you know you can drive around w/o the primary O2 sensor plugged in? I left it unplugged accidentally and the only consequence was running even leaner (still hit 10:1 at WOT though). I just figured a CEL would have appeared.

I really want to get my AFC in so I can start tuning - but with this leaning-out issue I'm afraid to do so.
 
Installed Eibach springs and Tokico struts.

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Your car looks pure sex with that drop + Mazda 6 rims!
 
Filled up at the gas station - something interesting though. Ever since getting this car over 2 years ago I fill up when the gas light first comes on (~2 gal left) so I put in about 12.5 gal every time - and I mean EVERY time. Today however I barely put in 12 gal and the gas light had been on since this morning. So either the pump was off and yay, I paid less than I had to or something is wrong with my car's fuel system. I did run it for a longer time with the gas light on Sat night - I wasn't near any gas station - this was the longest I've ever done that. Is it possible I gunked up the fuel filter or injectors or something? Is it possible this is related to my lean at idle issues?
 
Hah it only filled up 12 gallons? I can only fill up a gallon or so in my car before it clicks. That started happening to me a couple weeks ago (3 fill-ups).

RISHIE AT AUTORND FTW!!! (thumb) My RPF1s arrived today. Pics soon :D Tires ought to be here in the next couple days along with my polish and sealant; so hopefully I can have them on by the weekend!
 
Hah it only filled up 12 gallons? I can only fill up a gallon or so in my car before it clicks. That started happening to me a couple weeks ago (3 fill-ups).
did you ever figure out what was causing this? I mean, this is the first time this has happened to me in 2 years of ownership and over 6 months of turbo life.
 
did you ever figure out what was causing this? I mean, this is the first time this has happened to me in 2 years of ownership and over 6 months of turbo life.

not sure what you mean by clicks. are you talking about the pump cutting off....? if the tank is really empty sometimes you will get splash back on the fuel sensor and it will tell the pump it's full when it's not. if this isnt what you are talking about, oops. lol
 
not sure what you mean by clicks. are you talking about the pump cutting off....? if the tank is really empty sometimes you will get splash back on the fuel sensor and it will tell the pump it's full when it's not. if this isnt what you are talking about, oops. lol
yeah - the pump "clicked" only at 12 gal when it usually does at 12.5. The light came on this morning; I probably only drove like 5 miles with it on - nothing like a did Sat. night (~20-30 miles). I'm just curious if this is related to my lean condition. I don't have anyway to check any of this but a local dealership is going to look at the car on Thurs.
 
oo. even when it is almost full, it will get splash back from the fuel hitting the "pond" inside the tank. just like if you pour water into a pond or other reservoir it will splash. sometimes it's a mistake to click and sometimes it's really the click.
 
oo. even when it is almost full, it will get splash back from the fuel hitting the "pond" inside the tank. just like if you pour water into a pond or other reservoir it will splash. sometimes it's a mistake to click and sometimes it's really the click.
Yeah, now that I think about it - it was probably just a fluke and I should have kept going. I'm just so paranoid now... I hate it when the P5 isn't running correctly.
 
Yeah, now that I think about it - it was probably just a fluke and I should have kept going. I'm just so paranoid now... I hate it when the P5 isn't running correctly.

i get paranoid too. i forget the name, but there is a disorder where people constantly think something is wrong w/ them (sick etc)...i get like that about my car :(
 
did you ever figure out what was causing this? I mean, this is the first time this has happened to me in 2 years of ownership and over 6 months of turbo life.

Nah I haven't yet. I relocated some sort of sensor thing so the lines weren't kinked at all. I'm going to fill it up in the next couple days so here's to hoping it is fixed.
 
Nah I haven't yet. I relocated some sort of sensor thing so the lines weren't kinked at all. I'm going to fill it up in the next couple days so here's to hoping it is fixed.
Sounds good - I think the pump was just messing with me and the fact that I'm paranoid over everything isn't helping. Tomorrow I get to (hopefully) change out the rear O2 sensor and clean and re-drill the nonfouler and thoroughly inspect the exhaust for any leaks/cracks/breaks and check the spark plugs (why not?). Hopefully something will lead to my lean idle issue!
 

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