OK, so what are the codes or procedure you need to do to get the readiness monitors? I've got some very basic OBDII tools (like an OBD2-serial port adapter) and I'd like to know how I can read them, and what I should be getting back. I've been looking all over for this information, but I can't find it.
Matt On Wed, September 17, 2008 8:32 pm, Ray Ayala wrote: > The rear O2/cat monitors require somewhat specialized driving conditions > for performing their operability tests. Maybe you just didn't get into > the right 'zone' for long enough. They need fully-warmed-up, > steady-state, medium/low torque freeway cruising for about 30 minutes ... > in 'moderate' weather conditions. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Adam Wolf > To: Miata Power List > Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2008 10:23 AM > Subject: OBDII readiness monitors... > > > I'm having a devil of a time and I'm hoping the list can help me. > > Car: 97 w/ 99 motor. I normally run the Link, but had to swap the stock > ECU back in for emissions. I swapped ECUs a month ago for my e-test that > has a deadline of this friday. I just took the test and failed in order > to get the 1 year extension. > > So here's new stuff. Some of this has been added over the course of the > last month in an effort to get monitors to set. New front o2 sensor. I > recycled a 30k mile old o2 to replace my original 125k stock rear o2 > sensor that I thought might be "tired". new plug wires (it was time), > new-ish magnaflow cat (about 6 months since putting that in). Car runs > fine. Not as smooth as with the Link, but fine. > > It REFUSES to set the o2, cat, and EGR monitors! I've driven an honest > 500 miles in various conditions. I've performed a handful of different > "drive cycles" I found on Miatanet including one that claimed to be for > a 97 specifically. Still nothin. I can have 2 monitors not ready in > Albuquerque, but not 3. 3 is fail. > > Does anyone have any ideas? I never had this problem before. On a normal > commute to work, this car would run and pass all tests in 2 days (4 > cold-start drives). But 2 years later after running the Link, there's no > joy. I just need to get ONE more test to run. I'm going crazy. > > thanks, > > Adam > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > _______________________________________________ > Miatapower mailing list > [email protected] > http://list.miatapower.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/miatapower > _______________________________________________ > Miatapower mailing list > [email protected] > http://list.miatapower.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/miatapower > _______________________________________________ Miatapower mailing list [email protected] http://list.miatapower.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/miatapower
