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Hey guys,

My 97 C34 Stagea RS4 auto was going fine, only averaging 15L/100kms city driving but still ok. Planning on doing the O2 Sensor.

I wired in a SAFC (the first style series 1 safc) and the car now has issues with anything over 2800rpm and more than 50% throttle.

I have wired these in to various cars a heap of times with no troubles.

I used a wideband O2 sensor to check the afr and it jumps from 10.0 - 12.2 whilst surging. (this is with the Safc settings all on Zero)

I also noticed some pinging around 5000rpm.

I assume the SAFC is faulty... Anyone have other Ideas???

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I guess the options are

1. Its faulty

2. Your car has coincidentally developed a new problem

3. one or more connections are incorrect or you haven't set the tabs right for the Stagea

4. one or more connections are bad (loose etc)

If you don't already have it I have the SAFC manual as a word file or the ecu pinout if you need that.

Ok just fixed the problem, but who knows how long it will last.

Re-initialise and re enter all settings etc for sensor type etc and it's fixed!!! Im guessing it is a faulty unit...

You really need to adjust your timing as well. Here's the link in case Juzzy.melb doesn't buy it:

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=528314079

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