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Originally Posted by dumdum
Really?So your saying because you removed your catalytic covertor your ECU has now changed the amount of fuel it injects into the engine?No.Your car is still targeting and hitting the same AFR (air fuel ratio) regardless of the removal of the catalytic convertor.True,removal of the cat will allow more unburnt hydrocarbons to escape as combustion is never 100% complete."Running rich" is a state of tune,not emmisions.When something physically changes your AFR's then you are either "rich" or "lean".You do have a legitamite question,it's just your terminology is alittle off.Saying your "running rich because you smell oil" is like saying "I think I'm overboosting because my oil pressure is high".If you smell oil then either you have an external oil leak (which sould be easy to find) or an internal one (piston rings,ecessive blowby).So start with the easy one.Jack up the car and start with looking around the heads and oil pan.An external leak should be pretty easy to spot and is probably dripping onto your exhaust manifolds and burning(if thats the case).
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alright cool man that was easy enough thanks