Type R and VTEC owners
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I'm hoping someone has had similar and maybe able to offer some advice.
Bit of history first. I bought the car back in September and on the way home the EML came on. I read the code and it showed the O2 sensor to be the issue. Fair enough, I know they are common so to be expected. The light wouldn't always come on, but every second trip or so it would come on. I had Performance Autoworks fit a new one which cured it. It had not been back on since.
Fast forward to last weekend when I picked the car up from TGM after having the gearbox out for the diff etc. It had been road tested and was fine but as soon as I jumped in, EML on! Code read and it was showing O2 sensor again. So I ordered another one from Hendy which TGM fitted today. However the light was straight back on!
There's a bit of loom extension for the circuit about 3 inches long to move the wire away form the manifold, it comes with after market manifolds. Tom removed this and cabled it straight up. Again, light on every time without fail. Tom plugged his diagnostics computer in and it's showing correct voltages. So we put the original one back on without the loom extender and no light. I took the car for a drive and it didn't come back on. Odd. The extender has continuity on all pins.
So the new sensor went back in with the extender and the light behaviour is back to what it was a few months ago.
Tom is a bit stumped! I suspect the new sensor to be faulty and perhaps an intermittent issue with the extension kit. But I'm not sure. Ran out of time in the end so had to leave.
Anyone had similar?
Bit of history first. I bought the car back in September and on the way home the EML came on. I read the code and it showed the O2 sensor to be the issue. Fair enough, I know they are common so to be expected. The light wouldn't always come on, but every second trip or so it would come on. I had Performance Autoworks fit a new one which cured it. It had not been back on since.
Fast forward to last weekend when I picked the car up from TGM after having the gearbox out for the diff etc. It had been road tested and was fine but as soon as I jumped in, EML on! Code read and it was showing O2 sensor again. So I ordered another one from Hendy which TGM fitted today. However the light was straight back on!
There's a bit of loom extension for the circuit about 3 inches long to move the wire away form the manifold, it comes with after market manifolds. Tom removed this and cabled it straight up. Again, light on every time without fail. Tom plugged his diagnostics computer in and it's showing correct voltages. So we put the original one back on without the loom extender and no light. I took the car for a drive and it didn't come back on. Odd. The extender has continuity on all pins.
So the new sensor went back in with the extender and the light behaviour is back to what it was a few months ago.
Tom is a bit stumped! I suspect the new sensor to be faulty and perhaps an intermittent issue with the extension kit. But I'm not sure. Ran out of time in the end so had to leave.
Anyone had similar?
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Yes, I have disabled the primary sensor in KManager for now.
Drove my mates FK2 today, what a complete weapon it is.
Just home. Car has some minor issues but nothing of great concern. Didn't crash, had fun. Here's a quick vid before I sort the rest out. Speedo isn't working because I had to disable the VSS in KManager (one of the minor issues).
Drive past at Adenau.
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Drive past at Adenau.
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Few more vids and pics:
Bit of a slow start as Kevin and I were waiting on our mate in the Spyder.
On the GP circuit, it's whacky races on there! Not sure what was up with my hand positioning.
Slow lap as it was very bouncy and I had no confidence in the car.
Would have been better if I knew how to adjust the B16's properly. Lefty tighty, righty loosey, did not know till it was too late. No wonder my car had a lot of front end roll and felt bouncy on the 'Ring!
Few pics from Spa.
It was a black DC5 with EP3 wheels! Also had a red EP3 but sold it for that black DC5. Cheers, I'm sure my mortgage wishes I didn't spend so much on cars!
Bit of a slow start as Kevin and I were waiting on our mate in the Spyder.
On the GP circuit, it's whacky races on there! Not sure what was up with my hand positioning.
Slow lap as it was very bouncy and I had no confidence in the car.
Would have been better if I knew how to adjust the B16's properly. Lefty tighty, righty loosey, did not know till it was too late. No wonder my car had a lot of front end roll and felt bouncy on the 'Ring!
Few pics from Spa.
It was a black DC5 with EP3 wheels! Also had a red EP3 but sold it for that black DC5. Cheers, I'm sure my mortgage wishes I didn't spend so much on cars!
Then I'd just buy one and enjoy something that won't need repairing daily. 
Try and get an FN2 though if you can, nearly as fun, much better interior and less likely to be in crap state. I also think in the future their value will hold better than EP3's which are already turning into the new VTS.
Try and get an FN2 though if you can, nearly as fun, much better interior and less likely to be in crap state. I also think in the future their value will hold better than EP3's which are already turning into the new VTS.