Who's Running A Wideband And What Are You Using?

[The Mafia]

I upgraded my firmware to 1.17 and switched the sensor over to 4.9. It lasted about 3 months and died.

Also, innovate says that if you unplug the sensor while the control box is powered it will kill the control box.

They finally emailed me back for a repair and gave me an RMA number.

[admS15]

I've been using an mtxl for 10 months now. No issues so far but by the sounds of it, I should start saving for a replacement. I shall return to this thread for a rant when it happens. Lol

[Dose Pipe Sutututu]

I'm on my 3rd sensor and 2nd gauge LOL

2 of which were part of RMA.. here's a video clip of the first gauge going off it's tits:

[iruvyouskyrine]

I get E8. Bought a brand spanking new sensor. Still have E8 error. Sad times.

[Dose Pipe Sutututu]

I get E8. Bought a brand spanking new sensor. Still have E8 error. Sad times.

gauge cooked, send it back

[The Mafia]

Let's face it - Innovate is f**ked

[The Mafia]

Had another Innovate MTX die in a customers car last night. Awesome.

[Dose Pipe Sutututu]

Had another Innovate MTX die in a customers car last night. Awesome.

sensor death or gauge death?

[The Mafia]

sensor death or gauge death?

Pretty sure its the gauge but I will test that soon.

Sensor is only 2 months old.

[-S-]

Where do u guys usually install the sensors?

[The Mafia]

I prefer them just at the bottom of the dump pipe. On my GTR, where the Y pipe joins into 1

[Missileman]

I installed mine before my cat about a meter from the closest exhaust valve.... http://wbo2.com/lsu/LsuInstal.pdf

[-S-]

Mafia that's what i thought too. .. I heard wb o2 sensors should be further down. At least for the sensors to not fail quickly. .. I was also thinking to install mine at the turbo dump pipe but i think I should install nearer to the cat.

[Dose Pipe Sutututu]

It's not the heat that kills the sensors with the Innovate kits, it's the gauge itself that cooks the sensor.

[zoomzoom]

Ive been running an MTXL for about 18 months and 20k kms. Still running fine as far as I can tell, the gauge is very responsive.

As above, it connects digitally to the adaptronic ECU, and is recommended by adaptronic themselves. That was a simple enough choice for me.

[-S-]

Well either way I'm getting an aem after reading so many bad stuff about innovate

[Dose Pipe Sutututu]

MTX-L is hit and miss, my current gauge is going strong however the same one I installed not long ago is cactus

[zoomzoom]

So are all the installations a new bung welded at least 1 metre downstream in the exhaust? Is the sensor tip pointing downwards as much as possible? On the stagea at least it narrowed it down to only 1 location: just before the cat (almost at the flange of the dump pipe) pointing up into the cavity.

There's also the sensor type. The MTXL seems to be upgradable to the LSU 4.9 sensor. Im just running a 4.2 sensor and it works fine for me. Im going by the principle of "if it aint broke don't fix it".

Those are some things to try before writing off the unit. Maybe there is an internal design fault. It does combine sensitive microcontrollers with high current capability, that's always a fun mix.

[Missileman]

you can put the sensor anywhere you like, but to maximize the life of the unit follow the instruction pdf into in my last post.

[Dose Pipe Sutututu]

however both Mafia and I aren't killing them through sensor positioning.. they're killing themselves... it's a known fact Innovate likes munching sensors.