CEL after NWP spacer/VIAS block plate install
06-03-2009, 07:36 AM
#1
CEL after NWP spacer/VIAS block plate install
So last saturday me boy Chris and I did some work on my baby. We installed the following:
NWP spacers (thanks to Aaron92SE)
NWP VIAS block plate (thanks to Aaron92SE)
SSIM w/minor polish work (thanks to Felix 2themax05)
New NGK platinum spark plugs
New PCV valve
New Fujita air filter
Mobil1 Fully Synthetic 5W-30
Mobil1 M-108 oil filter
After all of this the car runs good except for the slightly high idle and the service engine soon light. I think i may have screwed up the car when i cleaned the throttle body with brake cleaner and YES i did move the butterfly slightly, not alot. The code autozone pulled for me was P0102 , i believe.
Faulty MAF, low input to the MAF, Large vaccum leak or something else but i forgot what it was. Do any of you have any suggestions on how to fix my car now???
NWP spacers (thanks to Aaron92SE)
NWP VIAS block plate (thanks to Aaron92SE)
SSIM w/minor polish work (thanks to Felix 2themax05)
New NGK platinum spark plugs
New PCV valve
New Fujita air filter
Mobil1 Fully Synthetic 5W-30
Mobil1 M-108 oil filter
After all of this the car runs good except for the slightly high idle and the service engine soon light. I think i may have screwed up the car when i cleaned the throttle body with brake cleaner and YES i did move the butterfly slightly, not alot. The code autozone pulled for me was P0102 , i believe.
Faulty MAF, low input to the MAF, Large vaccum leak or something else but i forgot what it was. Do any of you have any suggestions on how to fix my car now???
06-03-2009, 08:00 AM
#3
also, make sure you tighten down the block plate according to the instructions. when I did my install I was fine, but I took off the block palte and re-installed it and threw a code. I loosened it and tightened it down to spec and was code free after that. I would go back and recheck the way you bolted down the manifolds to be positive you don't have a small vacuum leak somewhere. if that's not it you might have fubarred your maf when trying to clean it
06-03-2009, 09:38 AM
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When installing multiply air breathing mods, your ECU gets freaky since the A/F numbers no longer add up and will throw a CEL. Take your car to an automotive store with an OBD-II reader, have them read the codes then erase them, the codes that come back report on, the ones that don't, you should be good to go...
06-03-2009, 01:54 PM
#6
06-03-2009, 01:55 PM
#7
also, make sure you tighten down the block plate according to the instructions. when I did my install I was fine, but I took off the block palte and re-installed it and threw a code. I loosened it and tightened it down to spec and was code free after that. I would go back and recheck the way you bolted down the manifolds to be positive you don't have a small vacuum leak somewhere. if that's not it you might have fubarred your maf when trying to clean it
06-03-2009, 01:56 PM
#8
06-03-2009, 01:58 PM
#9
When installing multiply air breathing mods, your ECU gets freaky since the A/F numbers no longer add up and will throw a CEL. Take your car to an automotive store with an OBD-II reader, have them read the codes then erase them, the codes that come back report on, the ones that don't, you should be good to go...
06-04-2009, 11:23 AM
#12
I've heard arguments from both sides, of course... as to its benefits/drawbacks.
m_turner_02, when you re-installed the VIAS plate, what code were you getting?
06-04-2009, 01:45 PM
#13
^^I don't really recall off the top of my head, but it had something to do with being lean/rich(I don't remember and get the two confused) I tried the idle air relearn and all of that, and then loosened everything up and retorqued it to spec and then remembered that I did the vias "wrong" and torqued that down according to aaron's instruction sheet and have been fine ever since.
) I tried the idle air relearn and all of that, and then loosened everything up and retorqued it to spec and then remembered that I did the vias "wrong" and torqued that down according to aaron's instruction sheet and have been fine ever since.
08-27-2009, 06:12 PM
#16
The code i still have is for a high idle. When i cleaned my throttle body i messed up the butterfly, therefore is is stuck slightly open at idle. Need a new throttle body to fix the problem but havent got 1 yet.
08-31-2009, 05:50 AM
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08-31-2009, 08:22 AM
#20
Might want to check this site as well (if you haven't already):
www.car-parts.com
Looks like there is a couple in Brooklyn for $150. J and V Auto Parts 1-718-241-7809.
One in Lindenhurst for $100. J and C Auto Salvage 1-800-513-9021
Looks like 2 (one 2004 and one 2005) here East Coast Auto Salvage, Inc. (1-800-669-1746) but says to call for price.
www.car-parts.com
Looks like there is a couple in Brooklyn for $150. J and V Auto Parts 1-718-241-7809.
One in Lindenhurst for $100. J and C Auto Salvage 1-800-513-9021
Looks like 2 (one 2004 and one 2005) here East Coast Auto Salvage, Inc. (1-800-669-1746) but says to call for price.
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