Lean Burn

Technical aspects of automobiles, et. al., post #18,017
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 Foot
 2008-04-21 03:58:55
 Lean Burn
I've got a vehicle that is running less than one tenth of a volt on O2
sensor...I can trick vehicle to run rich at 0.9 volt.

This is a 1984 Bosch LH II system, which currently is only using the
Air Mass Meter (Mass Air Flow) to determine fuel amount.

At this time, I have concluded the ECU (ECM) is messed up.

Question - It drives OK....no higher RPM misses...just smooth driving.
At idle, its a pinch rough.....should I fix it?

Water temp is OK....
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 Mike
 2008-04-21 04:23:30
 Re: Lean Burn
"Foot" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>
> I've got a vehicle that is running less than one tenth of a volt on O2
> sensor...I can trick vehicle to run rich at 0.9 volt.
>
> This is a 1984 Bosch LH II system, which currently is only using the
> Air Mass Meter (Mass Air Flow) to determine fuel amount.
>
> At this time, I have concluded the ECU (ECM) is messed up.
>
> Question - It drives OK....no higher RPM misses...just smooth driving.
> At idle, its a pinch rough.....should I fix it?
>
> Water temp is OK....
>

What vehicle ? What engine ? How are you tricking it to run rich ? Any
codes stored ?
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 Foot
 2008-04-22 06:04:59
 Re: Lean Burn
On Mon, 21 Apr 2008 04:23:30 GMT, "Mike" <[email protected]> wrote:

>> This is a 1984 Bosch LH II system, which currently is only using the
>> Air Mass Meter (Mass Air Flow) to determine fuel amount.
>>
>> At this time, I have concluded the ECU (ECM) is messed up.
>>
>> Question - It drives OK....no higher RPM misses...just smooth driving.
>> At idle, its a pinch rough.....should I fix it?
>>
>> Water temp is OK....
>>
>
> What vehicle ? What engine ? How are you tricking it to run rich ? Any
>codes stored ?

1984 Volvo (2.3 Liter)...no codes possible on Bosch LH II system.

I pull plug on Air Mass Meter...it will run rich.

Oh well, I'll just buy a rebuilt ECU (ECM) for it
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 Don Stauffer in Minnesota
 2008-04-21 06:38:14
 Re: Lean Burn
On Apr 20, 10:58 pm, Foot <[email protected]> wrote:
> I've got a vehicle that is running less than one tenth of a volt on O2
> sensor...I can trick vehicle to run rich at 0.9 volt.
>
> This is a 1984 Bosch LH II system, which currently is only using the
> Air Mass Meter (Mass Air Flow) to determine fuel amount.
>
> At this time, I have concluded the ECU (ECM) is messed up.
>
> Question - It drives OK....no higher RPM misses...just smooth driving.
> At idle, its a pinch rough.....should I fix it?
>
> Water temp is OK....

Maybe in modern engines it is safer, but running too lean in the past
was a good way to burn piston crowns and valves.