I got an ultraguage for my protege a month or so ago.
The ultraguage has a little indicator which shows the current fuel system status (either closed or open loop).
I have never seen the gauge show closed loop on my car. I tested the ultragauge on my gf's civic, and after about 5s from starting her can the gague shows closed loop.
The car runs very well, and my fuel economy is OK.. between 25-29 mpg depending on how much highway driving I do on a tank.
Do any of you guys have an ultraguage on your p5? does it ever show your car entering closed loop?
The gauge also hase a gauge for 02 sensor values.
At idle, and light load my first o2 sensor appears to be switching (the gauge only updates about once per second, so its hard to tell exactly what's going on) from ~.1 - ~.8 indicating closed loop operation.
At moderate acceleration, or if going up a hill (not anywhere near WOT) the sensor constantly reads .825 (indicating that there is no oxegen in the exhaust.. running rich?)
The car is stock 03.5, 145K miles ATX (driven in manual mode pretty much all the time since ~75k).
The only "mod" it has is a MIL eliminator (resistor and capacitor) on the 2nd o2 sensor, to eliminate a p4021 I had two years ago, but as far as I know that should not impact the fuel system status.
Any help and feedback from those of you using an ultragauge on your p5 is greatly appreciated.
The ultraguage has a little indicator which shows the current fuel system status (either closed or open loop).
I have never seen the gauge show closed loop on my car. I tested the ultragauge on my gf's civic, and after about 5s from starting her can the gague shows closed loop.
The car runs very well, and my fuel economy is OK.. between 25-29 mpg depending on how much highway driving I do on a tank.
Do any of you guys have an ultraguage on your p5? does it ever show your car entering closed loop?
The gauge also hase a gauge for 02 sensor values.
At idle, and light load my first o2 sensor appears to be switching (the gauge only updates about once per second, so its hard to tell exactly what's going on) from ~.1 - ~.8 indicating closed loop operation.
At moderate acceleration, or if going up a hill (not anywhere near WOT) the sensor constantly reads .825 (indicating that there is no oxegen in the exhaust.. running rich?)
The car is stock 03.5, 145K miles ATX (driven in manual mode pretty much all the time since ~75k).
The only "mod" it has is a MIL eliminator (resistor and capacitor) on the 2nd o2 sensor, to eliminate a p4021 I had two years ago, but as far as I know that should not impact the fuel system status.
Any help and feedback from those of you using an ultragauge on your p5 is greatly appreciated.