Need help gauge saying i'm running lean...

[azncivic]

like the title says i need help why i'm running lean...how do i correct this problem? is it bad running lean all the time..lmk guyz thanks.

[myHonda1]

detonation will occur...causing things to melt.

[Honda4VW]

IS the gauge reading from a trusted source?

[azncivic]

IS the gauge reading from a trusted source?

yeah i followed the intruction one of the guy here had told me..i put it on O2 sensor..the red light move 2 sometimes maybe 3 bars up close to running ideal but its still in a red section"lean section" how can i fix it? i need hellp guyz don't want to mess it up by driving it while its doing it.

[Honda4VW]

Wideband o2?

[ryan89crx]

your setup will help, along with what gauge you are reading from...

[wiz]

like they said if it is not a wideband o2 it doesnt matter..it probably is a narrowband autometer gauge since you didnt actually screw in another o2 sensor all together..

..as long as you dont lean out while your in throttlke you will be fine.., at idle you could possibly lean out or just rest in stoich

[azncivic]

here is the link of my other thread asking how do i install this guage, i got the pictures there. too.

http://www.d-series.org/forums/showthread.php?t=48902

yeah even if i'm just idleing or when i go around the block its just sitting in lean move a little but its in lean area, a little light on the rich once a while but of it its in lean, not in stoich...don't know how to fix it and don't want anything breaking inside the motor...sometimes i wish i shouldn't put it in cause i won't know about it and it won't make me worry now that i know about it, don't even want to drive the car..i use my accord instead. lmk guyz thanks.

[ryan89crx]

here is the link of my other thread asking how do i install this guage, i got the pictures there. too.

http://www.d-series.org/forums/showthread.php?t=48902

yeah even if i'm just idleing or when i go around the block its just sitting in lean move a little but its in lean area, a little light on the rich once a while but of it its in lean, not in stoich...don't know how to fix it and don't want anything breaking inside the motor...sometimes i wish i shouldn't put it in cause i won't know about it and it won't make me worry now that i know about it, don't even want to drive the car..i use my accord instead. lmk guyz thanks.thats just going to be a lightshow, it wont tell you an accurate afr. its really just a waste of money on a Honda...

to get a REAL afr reading, you NEED a wideband o2

[azncivic]

thats just going to be a lightshow, it wont tell you an accurate afr. its really just a waste of money on a Honda...

to get a REAL afr reading, you NEED a wideband o2

Since its not accurate, my civic running straight w/ nothing wrong w/ it inside? that kind a makes me feel lil better..thanks

[ryan89crx]

Since its not accurate, my civic running straight w/ nothing wrong w/ it inside? that kind a makes me feel lil better..thanksi dont know what your setup is, so i wouldnt say that it is safe...

im just saying that AFR gauge wont help you in the slightest

[azncivic]

i dont know what your setup is, so i wouldnt say that it is safe...

im just saying that AFR gauge wont help you in the slightest

oh i see..well basically everything is stock besides the air intake, i have a new O2 sensor on it so thats basically it. lmk thakns.

[SOHC_Rules]

if im not mistaken the narrowband a/f gauges only read somewhat correctly at wot right?

[azncivic]

if im not mistaken the narrowband a/f gauges only read somewhat correctly at wot right?

idk but it Ideal under 1k, and there is no knocking or anything like that under the hood. its normal, don't really know about internal tho...all i know even when i drove around the block its just reading lean and a lot people sayin its not safe, but i don't know how to fix it tho.i hope it don't blow up on me or just stop in the middle of nowhere.

[SOHC_Rules]

well have you done any wot pulls?

[d16a6 power]

With just an intake your way safe as long as your running the proper ecu for the car. A regular narrowband sensor does not give anywhere near accurate lean or rich signals...plus that used sunpro gauge you have might be broken anyway. So dont worry about it man.

[transzex]

Autometer lightshow, get above average mpg............

WUT?

[azncivic]

well have you done any wot pulls?

What ya mean WOT PULLS..thats note even in my dictionary lol.

[jimmyb34]

Wide Open Throttle............

[azncivic]

well have you done any wot pulls?

no not really, i mean i did it twice, i launch at 2500 or 2800 i dont really remember i know its under 3000rpm...that's when i first got it tho i haven't done it in awhile...i mean i be honest i want to see what the car can do, i'm pretty sure most people here would want to see the limit of there car..i neva dog the pissed out of it tho.

[SupaStyl]

replace your fuel filter and make sure the fuel pressure gauge is working correctly with the rite amount of psi in the fuel rail.

[94EXa2]

i was thinkin bout gettin a phanton af gauge, but i guess not till i can figure out/find what a wideband o2 is.......i dont know anything about electronics

[jimmyb34]

just search wideband here or google it.. its basically a tuning device that read your af ratio and is right.. lol those af gauges are ricetacular and dont work really

[areskzc]

Well if your engine is stock, mean you don't have a fuel pressure regulator, probably...
1 Your gauge connection is wrong.
2 the gauge ground unit is faulty.
3 the O2 sensor is dirty or faulty
4 Your engine ignition time is inappropiate.

[azncivic]

when i got it it has a new O2 sensor on it and i change the fuel filter already bu don't know if i have the rite amount of psi in the fuel rail..( don't know how to check it.)Wow all of this could be the problem why the gauge say i'm running lean..for $10 shipped its not a bad deal for a little light show.