Install my own LC1 as OEM O2 sensor emulator

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Install my own LC1 as OEM O2 sensor emulator

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Before I build and install my own FreeEMS board, I'd better pickup an easier training project to practise. I bought a 99 Buick Century as my backup car, so that I don't need to finish my job in a hurry
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I draw my wiring work on KiCAD
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These are my tools
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Crimping tool
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LC1
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OEM O2 VS LSU4 O2
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LSU4 O2 is geometry compatible with OEM O2
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Study the OEM harness carefully
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Draw my layout on paper to clear my idea
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This layout is bad, I can't let LC1's ground and O2 signal ground converged too earlier at this point
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Crimp a node for fuse soecket
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When possible, soldering is always better than crimping
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Use heat shrink tube to protect soldering point
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The wire from OEM O2 interface was not made of copper, so choose crimping
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Ready to install
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They must be ground at the same point as ECU were
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Have to uninstall relay and fuse box
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This is the ground I need
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Multiple lugs on the same bolt is not optimal, but I have got no suittable lugs to crimp the three gnd wire together
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move it
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No problem, it's time to calibrate the LC1 and LSU4 O2 sensor
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After all is done, push wire into corrugated tube
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Idle is smooth and stable, check engine lamp won't light. The LC1 controller is smart enough to heat the sensor. I evaluate the resistance of OEM heater, It is only 5 omg, that's said the alternator must provide 2A+ current during the driving. And insufficient current can cause injectors squirt less than ECU expected, and a knock will be a result. The most significant effect was improving power/torque curve, the power output was more smooth than before and there's no free gaps on gas pedal
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AFR at idle, I think it is a little rich. Using a notebook in order to monitor the AFR is awkward. So I decide to buy a bluetooth adapter to replace the RS232 cable and use my android pad to watch the AFR in real time
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Re: Install my own LC1 as OEM O2 sensor emulator(updating)

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Re: Install my own LC1 as OEM O2 sensor emulator(updating)

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Fred wrote:None of your images work. They disallow based on referrer. You need to put them on imgur or something similar.
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Sorry for the huge delay to fix image problem, finally I fix them. I decide to buy a bluetooth adapter and watch the lambda in real time on my android pad
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Good work! :-)
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cool.... now saving $ for a WB O2 kit... :)
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Kenny, have you seen this eval kit?

http://14point7.com/SLC-OEM.php

If you order, specify newer firmware for FreeEMS as we're slowly writing code to talk to it to pull digital values out of it and the older fw had a non-friendly way of delivering the numbers.
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Re: Install my own LC1 as OEM O2 sensor emulator(updating)

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HotCat wrote:I decide to buy a bluetooth adapter and watch the lambda in real time on my android pad
Can you please share how to do this? :P

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