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Old Oct 11, 2020 | 12:46 PM
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Details and pertinent info. 2013 flstc 103 with s&s 570s, Rush slip ons, Outlaw 587 AC, SE Pro Super Tuner. It was dyno tuned after the cams tho I've since tweaked it.
I just pulled the heads, cleaned 95% of the carbon off the pistons from the previous owner running it 29,000 miles with the stock crankcase venting into the intake, and reinstalled everything using .030 head gaskets to tighten the squish. Fired it up and I get the P0051 code. Doesn't seem to want to clear either. Did my 02 sensor take a dump? Am I running lean now because of the tighten squish and bump in compression? I'm running open loop with no cells leaner than 13.5 in the AFR table. I think that covers it. Thoughts?
The fact it won't clear tells me it shorted?
 

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1st question.....how are you running open loop 13.5 afr,s? 2nd, did you check continuity from o2 connector to ECM? 3rd, check ohms value for front and rear o2 sensors and compare readings. lastly try swapping O2 sensors front to back and see if fault code follows. You had to disturb physical connection from O2 sensor to ECM connection when you removed exhaust.... Check electrical connector from O2 sensor for corrosion, clean as necessary.... hope this helps
 
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1st question.....how are you running open loop 13.5 afr,s? 2nd, did you check continuity from o2 connector to ECM? 3rd, check ohms value for front and rear o2 sensors and compare readings. lastly try swapping O2 sensors front to back and see if fault code follows. You had to disturb physical connection from O2 sensor to ECM connection when you removed exhaust.... Check electrical connector from O2 sensor for corrosion, clean as necessary.... hope this helps
A late thanks for the good suggestions. I just saw this. Checked, cleaned, rechecked connections. I'm almost positive I broke a wire inside the insulation when I had to partially drop the exhaust again and replace a gasket that half fell out and got crushed. It was hanging by the wires when it fell off it's perch.
I'm running 13.5 AFRs because that's what my target is and my VEs are/were dialed in to within 1%.
 
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Did you find out what your problem was???I’m just curious as to what the fix was. Knowledge is power
 
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Running open loop you don't know what the VE's and AFR is, you need closed loop. You know what they are set to be and what they may have been but not what they are now.
 
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I know they were spot on before doing the .030 gasket. That will change the VEs a little but not much. Probably not enough to really change the AFR much even. It takes like 1 0% to equal 1 AFR point. But I'll put a small closed loop area back in just to get the VE tables dialed in again, then it's right back to open loop. I have no use for NB closed loop.
That's why I hate to buy a new sensor but oh well.
 

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