bimmeguy

Hey all my car has been having a really lean idle within the past month or so and its starting to worry me. The car will cold start fine and idle normal for a couple seconds and will start to idle leaner as the car warms up to the point where it will actually stall. Once the car is warm it idles about at 17:1-20s:1. when driving however the cars AFR is right where it should be between 14.7 at cruise and 12:1 at WOT. I'm running Megasquirt2pnp. i have a data log that i can post if anyone thinks that would help.

Don't think it is..:
Exhaust Leak - because car is actually running lean to the point that it stalls
Vacuum leak - because i don't have a high idle and from my understanding a vacuum leak would not cause a lean condition like this on a speed density car (correct me if im wrong)
Boost leak - because again with speed density a boost leak would not cause these symptoms
A fuel issue - because the car is fine under WOT
MAP sensor - because mega squirt shows 26-28kpa at idle
IAT sensor - because again mega squirt is showing a good temperature

any ideas on where to look or if im overlooking any of the above? thank you!

bimmeguy

here is a data log after about a 10 minute drive and just idling until it eventually stalls.

mx5-kiwi

Seeing as no one has answered i'll have a guess....

As it seems temp related, it could be something in the idle circuit...

I know bugger all about the ide circuit but it IS affected by the coolant temp (hoses go to it).......maybe a seal or something in or around that area....?

mx5-kiwi

Also, can you go back to a base map and see if it does the same problem.

That will help diagnose ECU (corrupt map) or mechanical problem......

pdexta

iTrader: (17)

This may be a stupid question, but did you try tuning the car? Open tunerstudio, (going from memory) go to Basic Settings > VE Fuel Table > Add fuel to cells in the bottom left hand corner of the table until it's idling where you want it. If you do this while the car is running you can see exactly where the little dot is and know the exact cell(s) that need fuel.

Braineack

iTrader: (62)

tune the megasquirt. solve the problem.