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Old 05-28-2013, 09:19 AM   #1
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Default can you delete the silly airpump thing?

with teh MSP swap im doing, i was wondering if i can delete the airpump and the airpump valve that runs down to somewhere near the exhaust. ECU is a 2004 with a racing beat flash.

this is an emissions exempt situation. Just need to know if it will run in limp or not.






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Old 05-28-2013, 09:39 AM   #2
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It still might need it since it is CANBUS. I don't think it will run without it. Worse case try it with out it and with it.
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Old 05-28-2013, 09:42 AM   #3
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ill have to see if i can get it as part of the swap then. actually, come to think of it, racing beat does sell a block off plate for where it goes, i should call and ask them. ill do that and report back.
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Old 05-28-2013, 09:49 AM   #4
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Good info. I get sniffed here in the hell of NOVA otherwise it would be gone. At least it doesn't power actuators like the S5's.
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Old 05-28-2013, 10:47 AM   #5
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according to Racing Beat, you can remove it from the car and it will run fine. Just effects warm up emissions, so might be a problem for you smog nazi county types. But since this is going into an exempt rx2....game on!
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Old 05-30-2013, 09:00 PM   #6
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It will burn up your cat if you delete it with the factory ECU. Racing beat sells a block off plate though for $10. I would recommend an access port if you're going to use the factory ECU. Then you can just disable the air pump codes from the computer and re tune it for warm up to be a little less rich.
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Old 05-30-2013, 11:01 PM   #7
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a renesis in an Rx2? thats... different...
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It will burn up your cat if you delete it with the factory ECU. Racing beat sells a block off plate though for $10. I would recommend an access port if you're going to use the factory ECU. Then you can just disable the air pump codes from the computer and re tune it for warm up to be a little less rich.
wont be a worry since it wont have a cat
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just delete it...and use the block off

you can get rid of most of the wiring harness on the passenger fender side as well
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It runs off a relay that is in the ecu box under the main ecu. That relay is powered by a fuse in the engine bay fuse box. You can loose all that. If there is no power going to it at all the ecu will not even throw a code. I didnt even bother ordering the block off plate, just cut one out of a steel bar I had laying around
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It runs off a relay that is in the ecu box under the main ecu. That relay is powered by a fuse in the engine bay fuse box. You can loose all that. If there is no power going to it at all the ecu will not even throw a code. I didnt even bother ordering the block off plate, just cut one out of a steel bar I had laying around
Question: I threw the code for the air pump solenoid, Since the code is already there how do I get rid of it so I can go through emissions next year?. I don't want the emissions test to reveal a dtc stored in the ecu.
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Two ways. Fix what caused the code. Or reset the computer and hope it doesn't come back. I think you can figure out which one to do.
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Two ways. Fix what caused the code. Or reset the computer and hope it doesn't come back. I think you can figure out which one to do.
yes, thank you. I was wondering however , if I pulled the fuse to the air pump and deleted the cel. will the deleted cel show up at next years emissions test?.

I am just courious. I will probably fix the solenoid just beforethe emissions and I was just courious however.
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