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cayman frustrations
at the end of the first day of the first de this season, the cayman developed a check engine light
open circuit, o2 sensor, driver side chapman did a leak test. tested the o2 sensors, finding one "slow". they replaced all four o2 sensors. almost immediately got the check engine light again, and the same code gary baker thinks it could be the cats are bad and need replaced chapman now thinks there is a short in the wire harness between the o2 sensors and the ecu. i am at a loss as to what to do now. any ideas my friends? otto
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Otto #906 2021 Boxster 25 2014 Cayman S 2012 Cayman S 2006 Boxster S |
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testing wire for the short should be simple, I would do that first. Just get a pinout of the ecu connector and a multimeter.
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not sure why a short would simply appear out of nowhere now i am looking at exhaust systems as well, and i don't care for the numbers on that at the moment
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Otto #906 2021 Boxster 25 2014 Cayman S 2012 Cayman S 2006 Boxster S |
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If it is a shorted wire, what do you hope to accomplish by replacing the exhaust system?
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David D. '87 Targa - 2021 quickly disappearing... |
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while you're in there....
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That is definitely an odd "while you are in there item. You are typically talking about a couple thousand just for the new system (not including install). Only usually worth it is it has been shown that the stock system is hindering power.
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David D. '87 Targa - 2021 quickly disappearing... |
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Its a slow day, trying to come up with something. I generally like to replace only whats bad, that seems so old school today.
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Bad cats would not cause an "open circuit" error code. So, there's a good chance it really is a short.
And, intermittent shorts can be one of the hardest and most annoying problems to track down.
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2016 GT4 warp 7 1999 SPB warp 2, maybe 1973 914 2.0 1/2 impulse if it ever gets out of space dock Previous: 1973 914 1.7 1/4 impulse 2012 Cayman R warp 4 2006 Cayman S warp 3 1999 SPB warp 2, maybe 1966 911 warp 1.5 |
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Wouldn’t the cats still be under warranty?
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Jim C. 2014 Cayman (Aka "Rubber Ducky") 1971 914 (back in the day) |
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should be, emissions warranty is 8 years or 80k miles. If race gas has been used they could argue running at the track has burned them out.
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Todd -- 18 GT3 (VG) Gone 18 718 Cayman GTS (GT Silver) 14 981 Cayman S (white) 15 991.1 GT3 11 997.2 GT3 96 993 Targa 96 993 C2 tracker 00 986 Boxster S 99 986 Boxster |
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