Well....it happened....

Robo Squirrel · 10-12-2009, 10:16 AM

after about 2000 miles of SES free opperation, my fabspeed HFC equipped E92 M3 threw tho ol' "Increased emissions" SES message at me...wtf....

J08M3 · 10-12-2009, 10:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Robo Squirrel

after about 2000 miles of SES free opperation, my fabspeed HFC equipped E92 M3 threw tho ol' "Increased emissions" SES message at me...wtf....

hmmm interesting.... I'm up to about 4,000 miles on mine with no code yet

Eugene-TAIWAN · 10-12-2009, 10:48 AM

where you pushing the car real hard? cause sometimes that will happen.

lucid · 10-12-2009, 11:22 AM

That bites. Sorry man. It might be an intermittent issue, meaning if you clear the code, you might not see if for a long time again.

SHADY1 · 10-12-2009, 01:01 PM

I think you should just get yourself the AA ECU Software 1.5 with the cell delete and a little more HP then you will have no more worries

ching · 10-12-2009, 01:16 PM

That sucks dude. Hope Fabspeed can help you out.

leemik · 10-12-2009, 01:29 PM

You had the code read and it said it was the HFC's?

I had a faulty gas cap that gave me an SES increased emmissions lamp once right after I installed my exhaust..

--mike

Singletrack · 10-12-2009, 01:53 PM

Hmmmm...never know, it could be a bad 02 sensor or something else. Hard to say that it is definitely the exhaust. That sucks man! Good luck.

BMRLVR · 10-12-2009, 06:37 PM

The only way to tell it was the Fabspeed setup would be to read the codes...... it could very well be something else that turned on the light. These cars can turn on the light for hundreds of things.

Robo Squirrel · 10-12-2009, 07:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Eugene-TAIWAN

where you pushing the car real hard? cause sometimes that will happen.

no i was doing 40mph at about 3k rpms

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Originally Posted by SHADY1

I think you should just get yourself the AA ECU Software 1.5 with the cell delete and a little more HP then you will have no more worries

dont feel like spending $1000 to get rid of a code

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Originally Posted by ching

That sucks dude. Hope Fabspeed can help you out.

yea, im gunna call tommorow

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Originally Posted by leemik

You had the code read and it said it was the HFC's?
not yet
I had a faulty gas cap that gave me an SES increased emmissions lamp once right after I installed my exhaust..

--mike

hmmmmm

Lemans_Blue_M · 10-12-2009, 07:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Robo Squirrel

no i was doing 40mph at about 3k rpms

dont feel like spending $1000 to get rid of a code

yea, im gunna call tommorow

hmmmmm

Do you have a code reader?

max08e90 · 10-12-2009, 08:25 PM

This is exactly why I have not jumped on an x-pipe...Sorry to hear about your troubles

leemik · 10-12-2009, 10:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Robo Squirrel

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Originally Posted by leemik
You had the code read and it said it was the HFC's?

not yet

you probably shouldn't jump to any conclusions until someone reads the code.. Try your local Autozone.. they will read your codes for free believe it or not.

Jeremy@Fabspeed · 10-12-2009, 10:08 PM

You should get someone to read out the code. The SES light could be on for anything. I doubt it is the HFC's....Give me a call in the morning if you need any help with this...

Robo Squirrel · 10-13-2009, 07:43 AM

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Originally Posted by leemik

you probably shouldn't jump to any conclusions until someone reads the code.. Try your local Autozone.. they will read your codes for free believe it or not.

thanks i might go try this after work

Robo Squirrel · 10-13-2009, 07:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Jeremy@Fabspeed

You should get someone to read out the code. The SES light could be on for anything. I doubt it is the HFC's....Give me a call in the morning if you need any help with this...

ill give you a call in a little bit, thanks jeremy

MTrizzy · 10-13-2009, 01:32 PM

I had increased emissions light at around 5000 miles when i was completely stock...ended up being a thermostat issue..

TOOMANYCARS · 10-14-2009, 12:03 AM

Interesting, still ok on mine. But I'm interested to see what the diagnostic says.

Robo Squirrel · 10-14-2009, 07:56 AM

i got myself a scanner tool and these are the codes it threw me: P0420 and P0430

i cleared the codes to see if they would come back and they have not so far.

Lemans_Blue_M · 10-14-2009, 09:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Robo Squirrel

i got myself a scanner tool and these are the codes it threw me: P0420 and P0430

i cleared the codes to see if they would come back and they have not so far.

Well those codes certianly point to the cats...

P0420 = Catalyst system effciency below threshold. (Bank #1)

P0430 = Catalyst system effciency below threshold. (Bank #2)

Translation: The post cat O2 sensors are detecting that your cats are not functioning the way they should.

Now this may just be a random annomoly, and it won't pop up again. But if it does, you either have two a faulty post cat O2 sensors , or the cats are the indeed the source of the problem.

Keep an eye on this, and make sure you have your own code reader on hand to log these events as they occur.

Robo Squirrel · 10-14-2009, 09:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Lemans_Blue_M

Well those codes certianly point to the cats...

P0420 = Catalyst System Effciency below threshold. (Bank #1)

P0430 = Catalyst system effciency below threshold. (Bank #1)

Translation: The post cat O2 sensors are detecting that your cats are not functioning the way they should.

Now this may just be a random annomoly, and it won't pop up again. But if it does, you either have two a faulty post cat O2 sensors , or the cats are the indeed the source of the problem.

Keep an eye on this, and make sure you have your own code reader on hand to log these events as they occur.

yeah, i will keep an eye on it. i have my own code reader now

Lemans_Blue_M · 10-14-2009, 10:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Robo Squirrel

yeah, i will keep an eye on it. i have my own code reader now

Edit: I meant to list P0430 as Bank #2 instead of Bank #1.

P0420 is the code for Bank #1.

10-12-2009, 10:16 AM	#1
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lucid Major General 374 Rep 8,033 Posts Drives: E30 M3; Expedition Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: USA iTrader: (0)	That bites. Sorry man. It might be an intermittent issue, meaning if you clear the code, you might not see if for a long time again. __________________
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Jeremy@Fabspeed Private 5 Rep 57 Posts Drives: Porsche Join Date: May 2009 Location: Ambler iTrader: (0)	You should get someone to read out the code. The SES light could be on for anything. I doubt it is the HFC's....Give me a call in the morning if you need any help with this...
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Robo Squirrel Major 70 Rep 1,008 Posts Drives: 991.2 GT3 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: MI iTrader: (1)	i got myself a scanner tool and these are the codes it threw me: P0420 and P0430 i cleared the codes to see if they would come back and they have not so far. __________________
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