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Feb 10, 2007 | 01:16 AM

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Was it consuming too much oil before all the add ons or after as I do not see any bolt on part making oil consumption go bad, this usualy happens when you go FI.

Feb 10, 2007 | 01:59 AM

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A lean condition that throws the CE light NOT GOOD

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Feb 10, 2007 | 03:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Jeff92se

My question is how do you know your engine is running "lean"? If it's running THAT lean that is causes a CEL (most likely for a cylinder misfire/injector misfire), then yes, that's dangerous.

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Feb 10, 2007 | 11:05 AM

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Oil consumption brings in a whole new ball game. Just take it to the dealer.

Feb 10, 2007 | 12:03 PM

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i started modding my car as soon as i broke her in so i cant tell you if it was consuming oil before...

actually, i did check my oil semi-regularly because i do my own oil changes and up until 17k the oil consumption was fine (prolly less than 1 quart in 4-5k)

the first time i noticed oil consumption was when i changed using mobil 1 syn to castro syn (then went right back to mobil 1 next change)
but the problem continued, and the last mod i did before the ses light was
UR crank pullie, but still it wasnt after like 4k until the ses light went on

Feb 10, 2007 | 01:41 PM

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Have you tired leaving the battery disconnected?

Feb 10, 2007 | 02:52 PM

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no i have not tried that yet...but i have gone to autozone and had the code erased. the light came back on a day later

Feb 10, 2007 | 03:18 PM

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Originally Posted by techi13

i checked at autozone (computer scanner) and the code it threw, turns out to be because it running too lean...

i only have a couple of bolts ons, no FI

what are my options to fix this problem? i'm sure a reflash by technosquare would do the trick...what are some other options?

once again thanks for the imputs

get it tuned and get a piggy back computer to tune it with. It will solve all of your problems and you will be making more power than you are now. Also you probably could swap in larger injectors but that would be costly and very time consuming.