Power FC Negative Intake Temps on the PFC?!@#$%
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Negative Intake Temps on the PFC?!@#$%
Have any of you guys seen this? I occasionally see negative intake temps on my PFC commander. Sometimes, I see a dashed line across instead of a temp number.
I'm thinking that I may have a bad intake temp sensor. Although, it should've been changed with the recent motor swap.
Any ideas or is this common?
I'm thinking that I may have a bad intake temp sensor. Although, it should've been changed with the recent motor swap.
Any ideas or is this common?
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I've seen this too, occasionally. I can't yet correlate it with any driving behaviour, or wierd weather (I generally don't drive the FD in the rain). I'll be interested to see what you find.
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No it's not Turbo'd
Something's reversing the polarity or grounding out the sensor... either way, look to see if the harness / wires have cracks, and or make sure if you're only seeing dashes, or negative values, that the connector is plugged in the right way
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I have also seen this intermittmently for the past few weeks. It is probably caused by either the sensor or wiring going "short" (there is an inverse relationship between +volts and reported temperature). I have yet to be able to get a datatlog during a failure. I will replace both while the engine is out, but while out, I am moving the sensor to the IC outlet piping.
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I too just had the same problem. I replaced the IAT sensor and all is fine now. If you change the sensor, now is a good time to move it to the outlet of the intercooler. You'll get better response. I think alot of cars are seeing around 100k+ now and they are starting to fail.
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Originally posted by SanJoRX7
What's IAT stand for? Intake air temp? Got a part #?
What's IAT stand for? Intake air temp? Got a part #?
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OK, I reached behind the UIM and jiggled the cable/connector to make sure that they were firmly connected. So far, no more negative temps(3 days now)
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You did that w/o removing anything? I had planned a half day to remove everything and pull that bad boy out to clean it off. I have suspicions that my temp oddities may be due to what appears to be a prodigous amount of oil in my intake track, presumably due to leaky turbos. Since I've got the car apart right now anyway, will probably continue with this, but let's hear how you did this
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Yeah, I just reached behind the UIM and grabbed the connector/harness.
I'd like to relocate the air intake temp sensor soon to the IC pipe(outflow) to get more accurate AI readings. The UIM heat sinks the crap out of the sensor and doesn't allow the temp to change fast enough.
I just need to find a good write up.
I'd like to relocate the air intake temp sensor soon to the IC pipe(outflow) to get more accurate AI readings. The UIM heat sinks the crap out of the sensor and doesn't allow the temp to change fast enough.
I just need to find a good write up.
Originally posted by SanJoRX7
You did that w/o removing anything? I had planned a half day to remove everything and pull that bad boy out to clean it off. I have suspicions that my temp oddities may be due to what appears to be a prodigous amount of oil in my intake track, presumably due to leaky turbos. Since I've got the car apart right now anyway, will probably continue with this, but let's hear how you did this
You did that w/o removing anything? I had planned a half day to remove everything and pull that bad boy out to clean it off. I have suspicions that my temp oddities may be due to what appears to be a prodigous amount of oil in my intake track, presumably due to leaky turbos. Since I've got the car apart right now anyway, will probably continue with this, but let's hear how you did this
#16
There is a good writeup on this one...but for the life of me I can't remember where it is or who did it. The person took the IAT out of the UIM and moved it to their greddy elbow, to avoid that heat sinking phenomenon that you're talking about. Definitely a good plan, just for more accurate temps.
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Ok, this isn't it, but it's decent enough, considering this isn't a difficult thing to do:
https://www.rx7club.com/showthread.p...p+sensor+elbow
https://www.rx7club.com/showthread.p...p+sensor+elbow
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Thanks SanJoRX7,
That was a pretty good write up. I just need to get off my lazy butt to do the mod. The first and only time I removed the UIM it was a pain in the butt.
John
That was a pretty good write up. I just need to get off my lazy butt to do the mod. The first and only time I removed the UIM it was a pain in the butt.
John
Originally posted by SanJoRX7
Ok, this isn't it, but it's decent enough, considering this isn't a difficult thing to do:
https://www.rx7club.com/showthread.p...p+sensor+elbow
Ok, this isn't it, but it's decent enough, considering this isn't a difficult thing to do:
https://www.rx7club.com/showthread.p...p+sensor+elbow
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It's the same with mine. Every once in a while it'll do it, and since it's reading negative numbers, dropping shitloads of fuel in the car and it idles horribly. Just wiggling the connector back and forth fixes it.
Being non sequential or single turbo helps this immensely. Not a bunch of **** to get in your way under the UIM.
Being non sequential or single turbo helps this immensely. Not a bunch of **** to get in your way under the UIM.
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Man, this is such weak problem...tho, i didn't realize that the temps being wierd would actually change the way the PFC does it's fuel allotments, etc. I guess this will definitely get done while the car's in pieces
Hopefully tomorrow I'l have some time to look into this.
Hopefully tomorrow I'l have some time to look into this.
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