Ok ive never heard of this happening but i have the wsp y-pipe and recently i have been getting check engine lights. It turns out the ypipe has been rubbing the o2 sensor ona braket and it broke the damn thing! Has this happened to anyone else? I think the solution is an aftermarket o2 sensor that is a little shorter than the stock ones? Are these available? Or any other sugestions?

 

No which y-pipe do you have again...the WARPSPEED...there if anything should be more room to move around the O2 sensors. I had lots of room on mine.

 

Hmmm. Thats definitly why it broke though.

 

Was it one of the precat ones? or the rear one?

 

the one in the very front so one of the precat ones.

 

Just checked mine (I'm paranoid)--you can do it from the engine bay as the front limb of the exhaust pipe comes up in decent view. I can see that if the O2 sensor was maybe more perpendicular to the direction of the car, that it may hit... Glad mine doesn't (cattman). I have had that O2 sensor set the CEL though but since reseting the ECU, it hasn't recurred.

 

I don't know if there's any other permanent solution than the one you suggested... different O2 with shorter body...

Looks like the DESIGN may need to relocate the angle of the O2 mount.

Good luck with finding a shorter 4 wire O2 sensor...

 

has anyone with the WSP had this problem? a little feedback from the WSP guys?
cuz im interested in the pipe but dont want problems-

 

You dont think they have em? What happenes if i just dont ever put in a new o2 sensor? What do they even do

 

won't u get a permanent CEL if you don't have an o2 sensor and be in limp mode constantly?

 

My CELs been on, yes. whats limp mode?

 

limp-mode = a euphamism

As in: without the information from a missing O2 sensor, the ECU is in "limp-mode," having to make as good a decision as it can about how to adjust the air/fuel mixture without accounting for this missing data in making that decision, millisecond by millisecond.

You will lose power and efficiency if you leave an O2 sensor out, not to mention the already mentioned permanent CEL. You might start to habitually ignore the CEL when it could be pointing toward a separate, more serious problem.

I'd get on the horn w/ the Warpspeed guys & get a little feedback from them - word is, they're very committed to their customers.

Best of luck!

 

I don't have a WSP pipe, but I remember one of the O2 sensors was really difficult to get in. There was a plate that I had to bend out of the way it is, but I can't remember whether it was the front downpipe or the rear one. You might want to check that.

 

I had the same problem, the front o2 mounting hole was angle
against the engine mount. I contact Dallas and he send out
another pipe, this one was perfect. Mounted perfectly. My
mechanic said if I had put the 1st pipe in, it will definitely
nbreak the o2 sensor.

 

Oh great. Thats not what i want to hear. I bought this one used... the person i got it from had it on for a long time though, and said it worked fine...

 

Get a hold of Dan from WarpSpeed. I met the guy a few months ago in San Diego. He's a really nice guy... I'm sure he can help you out since it is an inherit design problem. Good luck!

 

do you know his email addy?

 

Here's the main email addy from the site:

sales@warpspeedperformance.com