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Offline jaylufc17

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Downpipe EML
« on: March 07, 2017, 08:01:58 am »
got a decat downpipe installed to my car yesterday and the EML light has come on... does vagcom need to be used to remove this?

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Re: Downpipe EML
« Reply #1 on: March 07, 2017, 08:14:35 am »
No. The ecu needs remapping to remove it

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Re: Downpipe EML
« Reply #2 on: March 07, 2017, 11:05:50 am »
You could try the decat spacer on eBay, it tricks the sensor.

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Re: Downpipe EML
« Reply #3 on: March 07, 2017, 11:08:14 am »
Check it fits before buying-
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Re: Downpipe EML
« Reply #4 on: March 07, 2017, 11:37:22 am »
Don't use a spacer. Second Lambda is also used for fuel correction. Get it mapped properly to incorporate the modifications
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Re: Downpipe EML
« Reply #5 on: March 10, 2017, 03:39:02 pm »
Don't use a spacer. Second Lambda is also used for fuel correction. Get it mapped properly to incorporate the modifications
I've got a spacer on mine, guy I bought the dp off had it on there so I just left it on, I haven't got a eml, haven't had the car mapped yet to stage 2, question is should I remove the spacer and drive like that till I get it mapped?
3"inch decat

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Re: Downpipe EML
« Reply #6 on: March 10, 2017, 04:54:03 pm »
Leave it as it is if the engine is happy.

The rear lambda is only for the EML light.  It's part of legislation that emissions systems must self check.  It just looks for extra oxygen in the exhaust stream which is a sign the cats aren't doing their job.  But since the rear lambda is behind both cats, it doesn't know which one, so just bungs the Money light on.  It doesn't alter anything in the tune since it can't determine if the extra oxygen is coming from a lean mix or a dead cat.  That is the role of the front lambda sensor and is the one the ECU tunes itself from.

Those spacers move the rear O2 probe's tip out of the exhaust stream, thereby fooling it into reading the correct CO2 levels.
« Last Edit: March 10, 2017, 04:57:09 pm by Pudding »


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Re: Downpipe EML
« Reply #7 on: March 10, 2017, 08:38:25 pm »
I see

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Re: Downpipe EML
« Reply #8 on: March 10, 2017, 10:09:28 pm »
If you ask R-Tech they will tell you that the second lambda does play a part in fuel corrections and the lambda spacers do affect this. Better to drive without a spacer and just have the EML on until mapped
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