|  Troubleshooting a SRT-4, need thoughts..., Engine lean, O2 sensors showing rich...??? | 
|  Troubleshooting a SRT-4, need thoughts..., Engine lean, O2 sensors showing rich...??? | 
|  Apr 6, 2010 - 11:01 AM |  | 
|  Enthusiast   Joined Oct 16, '02 From Hohenwald, Tennessee Currently Offline Reputation: 1 (100%)  | 
				Been trying to diagnose a problem on a friend's 2003 Dodge Neon SRT-4. I'll keep this short since we haven't been able to figure much out on this. Basically, the spark plugs are dry and white along with a very erratic idle. It will rev up and down at idle, struggling to run. It will eventually die if left running long enough. With testers and dataloggers, the O2 sensors read between 12.5 and 14.7 AFR. The car has an aftermarket Zeitronix wideband O2 sensor that also reads the same thing as the factory sensor. Even though the sensors are reading rich, there is no smell of gas from the exhaust and like I mentioned, the spark plugs are indicating a lean combustion chamber. O2 voltages are consistent with specs. A local mechanic/tuner/genius couldn't figure this out. So the basic question I'm asking is: How do you have a lean condition in the engine, but a rich condition in the exhaust? | 
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|  Apr 6, 2010 - 4:30 PM |  | 
| Enthusiast   Joined Mar 10, '07 From Titusville, Florida Currently Offline Reputation: 9 (100%)  | 
				possibly the throttle position sensor my honda use to do that.
				
				
				
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 Delta_Phoenix   Troubleshooting a SRT-4, need thoughts...   Apr 6, 2010 - 11:01 AM
 Delta_Phoenix   Troubleshooting a SRT-4, need thoughts...   Apr 6, 2010 - 11:01 AM 
  Nartanian   Solution: Sell the neon, buy an Evo.
I'm gonn...   Apr 6, 2010 - 11:35 AM
 Nartanian   Solution: Sell the neon, buy an Evo.
I'm gonn...   Apr 6, 2010 - 11:35 AM 
  95CelicaST   Its a Neon - that there's yer problem.   Apr 6, 2010 - 11:36 AM
 95CelicaST   Its a Neon - that there's yer problem.   Apr 6, 2010 - 11:36 AM
 
  Tech-Nics   QUOTE (95CelicaST @ Apr 6, 2010 - 12...   Apr 6, 2010 - 11:50 AM
 Tech-Nics   QUOTE (95CelicaST @ Apr 6, 2010 - 12...   Apr 6, 2010 - 11:50 AM 
  playr158   Solution to your issue   Apr 6, 2010 - 11:57 AM
 playr158   Solution to your issue   Apr 6, 2010 - 11:57 AM 
  Delta_Phoenix   Looks like the only thing I accomplished from this...   Apr 6, 2010 - 12:52 PM
 Delta_Phoenix   Looks like the only thing I accomplished from this...   Apr 6, 2010 - 12:52 PM 
  Nartanian   Yea man, I think it's a leak possibly. I would...   Apr 6, 2010 - 1:07 PM
 Nartanian   Yea man, I think it's a leak possibly. I would...   Apr 6, 2010 - 1:07 PM 
  Delta_Phoenix   The way it's idling is pretty much the same as...   Apr 6, 2010 - 2:28 PM
 Delta_Phoenix   The way it's idling is pretty much the same as...   Apr 6, 2010 - 2:28 PM 
  Stambo   you try spraying carb/throttle cleaner around the ...   Apr 6, 2010 - 4:01 PM
 Stambo   you try spraying carb/throttle cleaner around the ...   Apr 6, 2010 - 4:01 PM|   | 
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