...cuz i have a problem...ok i have several problems but this is just the main one right now...

few months ago my ex put a air/fuel ratio guage in my car...i hated it...didn't do much, just looked pretty. so i made him take it out. after that for like the first 3 or 4 months my check engine light would come on...mainly when i was in stop and go traffic, on the interstate it was fine. but for the past couple months it hasn't come on im just getting ****ty gas mileage.

i know he had to tap into the o2 sensor somehow...thing is could it just be unplugged or do i need to get another one? or could it be something else entirely?

i was getting like 36 mpg and now its hella ****ty...im a broke college student...i cant afford gas anymore.... :(

What kind of car is it?

Computer

its a honda del sol

Computer is getting confused...The ECM computer that is the heart of your engines electronic system uses an Oxygen sensor (o2) to monitor the exhaust gasses. It is constantly checking and adjusting the Air/Fuel mixture for good performance and low emissions. For a completely stock car there is no need to mess with anything as the ECM will make sure your car is running the best it can no matter the conditions, however once you begin to add performance parts to your car the computer begins to get confused.

Originally posted by Wushu
Computer is getting confused...The ECM computer that is the heart of your engines electronic system uses an Oxygen sensor (o2) to monitor the exhaust gasses. It is constantly checking and adjusting the Air/Fuel mixture for good performance and low emissions. For a completely stock car there is no need to mess with anything as the ECM will make sure your car is running the best it can no matter the conditions, however once you begin to add performance parts to your car the computer begins to get confused.

so i just need to have the computer checked out and reset or something?

i posted a question about this on Honda-Tech.com and they're telling me to just have the sensor replaced but i'd seriously rather not do that, those suckers are expensive.

when my ex husband put a higher gear ratio on his car, the check engine light would come on,too. he had to take the battery out, then out it back and recharge it, but it would only last a couple of months.

Originally posted by Exotica
i posted a question about this on Honda-Tech.com and they're telling me to just have the sensor replaced but i'd seriously rather not do that, those suckers are expensive. Yeah they are. If I wewre you, I'd have them take a look at your computer :)

Originally posted by Allison
when my ex husband put a higher gear ratio on his car, the check engine light would come on,too. he had to take the battery out, then out it back and recharge it, but it would only last a couple of months.

check engine lights suck...i've grown a special kind of hatred for mine.

Yeah they are. If I wewre you, I'd have them take a look at your computer

yea, that makes more sense. only bad thing is i have a feeling im going to have to take it to the honda dealership because i live in an area where all you see is mustangs and jacked up trucks...and honda likes to rape their customers. they'd probably charge me out the ass just to check it out.

Its the same thing that happens to those jacked up mustangs when they put performance parts on them.

Yeah I would get the computer checked but ****ty gas milage and CE light almost always means you need new O2 sensors.

Pour a little bit of sugar in the gas tank, that will fix it right up.

Originally posted by ruffneck119
Yeah I would get the computer checked but ****ty gas milage and CE light almost always means you need new O2 sensors.

argh, i really dont want to hear that...stoopid ass ex's...its all his fault. my car was fine before he started messing with it.


on top of that...im hearing this weird vibrating kind of noise when its in neutral...when u push the clutch in it goes away, but once you get to around 3,000 rpms it starts again and is really loud but it only does this in 1-3rd gear. i've heard everything from i may need to have the entire clutch replaced...to having just the throw out bearing replaced..to it possibly just being the heat shield to my exhaust loose and rattling.

then theres the whole problem w/my wheel falling off a couple months ago and breaking 2 stud bolts....


perhaps i just need a new car?

Originally posted by Mr. Beelzebub
Pour a little bit of sugar in the gas tank, that will fix it right up. Sure would. Brake fluid on the paint will also give you a real shiny coat :)

Originally posted by Wushu
Sure would. Brake fluid on the paint will also give you a real shiny coat :)

:-|

Originally posted by Exotica
argh, i really dont want to hear that...stoopid ass ex's...its all his fault. my car was fine before he started messing with it.


on top of that...im hearing this weird vibrating kind of noise when its in neutral...when u push the clutch in it goes away, but once you get to around 3,000 rpms it starts again and is really loud but it only does this in 1-3rd gear. i've heard everything from i may need to have the entire clutch replaced...to having just the throw out bearing replaced..to it possibly just being the heat shield to my exhaust loose and rattling.

then theres the whole problem w/my wheel falling off a couple months ago and breaking 2 stud bolts....


perhaps i just need a new car?

Perhaps, but the O2 sensors should be an easy fix especially on a Honda.

Originally posted by ruffneck119
Perhaps, but the O2 sensors should be an easy fix especially on a Honda.

yea, i'll get it checked out. one step at a time i guess.

I lost my virginity in the back of a Volkswagon rabbit.

Originally posted by Blue Dawg
I lost my virginity in the back of a Volkswagon rabbit.

LOL....I learned to drive in a VW Rabbit. Stick shift:lol2:

i took my drivers license test in a chrysler 300M

I start training tommorrow. It's gonna own so much.

a school just opened up in lincolnton. the guy who teaches spent 5 years training with sakurai in japan. i can't wait to go.

I'm addicted to crack.

Originally posted by Cesaro
a school just opened up in lincolnton. the guy who teaches spent 5 years training with sakurai in japan. i can't wait to go.
3rd school in lilke 4 months for you. Good job. You shall be called Ronin jr from here forth.

luis togno(alliance of charlotte - alliance/jacare cavalcanti affiliation), charles hanebrink(martial arts training center - walt bayless affiliation), jeff jimo(international martial arts - bas rutten affiliation) , now i'm going to anthony huss...i don't know what he is. he trained with sakurai for 5 years and thats all that matters to me. he also fought amateur fights in DEEP

I will train with...............I'll let you know tommorrow night.

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