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Offline Dubber.ducky

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Milltek decat and exhaust help
« on: 26 July 2012, 22:12 »
I have just fit a decat and exhaust to me vr6 and when turned over it cut out twice no it's stopped after I took it for a run but it smelt a bit rich and mpg have decreased a lot.
Does it take a while for sensor to recognise it has no cat. Just other cars in past includin scooby sti type r increased mpg and did stop smellin rich.
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Re: Milltek decat and exhaust help
« Reply #1 on: 26 July 2012, 22:26 »
Do you know what a cat converter does? Of course it will smell rich!

Mpg has dropped because your properly booting it more because you think it sounds better.

There is a chance that you damaged the lamdor sensor on removal. How did you remove it? Because they are a cnut

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Re: Milltek decat and exhaust help
« Reply #2 on: 26 July 2012, 22:29 »
Yeah I kno It will smell rich but with me scooby an crx's it settled down the smell. Dunno if that's cos it carb'd up.
I don't really boot it tho that's the thing.

Sensor came out once exhaust was on the bench with a lamdor sensor socket from my mates work

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Re: Milltek decat and exhaust help
« Reply #3 on: 26 July 2012, 22:37 »
If it's "carb'd up" you don't need a lamda sensor  :rolleyes:

Plus the sensor is placed before the cat. Changing it over should have no effect on how it runs and maps the fuel

Maybe you haven't plugged it in correctly

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Re: Milltek decat and exhaust help
« Reply #4 on: 26 July 2012, 23:12 »
Il double check tomorrow but sure it went on correctly. If not il try a new one.
Thanks

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Re: Milltek decat and exhaust help
« Reply #5 on: 27 July 2012, 02:43 »
the ecu will relearn (thats what i was told) and your mpg will increase but as said before, you must be booting it hard, as the zort will sound louder and the sound of a vr, oh mi gosh.

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Re: Milltek decat and exhaust help
« Reply #6 on: 27 July 2012, 10:12 »
Cheers sharki.

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Re: Milltek decat and exhaust help
« Reply #7 on: 27 July 2012, 18:25 »
the ecu will relearn (thats what i was told) and your mpg will increase but as said before, you must be booting it hard, as the zort will sound louder and the sound of a vr, oh mi gosh.

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How will it "relearn"?
The lamdor sensor is before the cat. It will get the same readings
With cat or a decat.   

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Re: Milltek decat and exhaust help
« Reply #8 on: 27 July 2012, 18:32 »
the ecu will relearn (thats what i was told) and your mpg will increase but as said before, you must be booting it hard, as the zort will sound louder and the sound of a vr, oh mi gosh.

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How will it "relearn"?
The lamdor sensor is before the cat. It will get the same readings
With cat or a decat.   

Maybe its the disconnect battery for 30mins trick?

Either way its gunna smell rich and mpg shouldnt be good enough to notice a drop  :grin:
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Re: Milltek decat and exhaust help
« Reply #9 on: 27 July 2012, 19:11 »
well thats what i was told. But if you replace you cat with a de-cat then the breathing of the car will be less restrictive so more air/fuel mixture is required. Also your throttle response will be more
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