Kris Hansen

once you're moving, that smoke gets blown out under the car.

Hillbilly

coolant temperature sensor. Other than space for my big American hands, doesn't look like it'll be too hard to change....haven't messed with it yet.

My MAF readings are good, I don't suspect it being bad. If it ends up being that, I'll take the known good MAF off your hands though.

What all have you replaced, why did you replace the items? Did they test bad or are you just throwing parts at it like I'm planning to do?
Did the replacement parts have any impact on the trims?

4Driver4

...what you really have is a leak. Burning oil refers to oil being leaked into the combustion chamber and ignited with the fuel air mixture. You have a simple leak that will not have any effect on emissions.

cparke

Yes, I was just throwing parts, since it is easier and more accurate than trying to test existing parts, and if nothing changes (as it did not), I can just sell them off as slightly used and it cost me the same or less than having tried to test them all out.

Fuel trim problem was unaffected by all these things. The only thing that helped for a while, and I don't how or why, is when I had a repair shop do an advanced computer diagnostic and find nothing after keeping my car for 3 days and the I take the car back unrepaired, lo and behold fuel trim on bank 1 held steady around -10.2% until I had to reset the computer several weeks later because the coil went bad and two cylinders misfired. I sure would like to know how they "conditioned" the ECU during or as a result of their testing to make it behave better, but of course they won't tell me even if they knew about it.

cparke

I have a leak, yes, but how does the O2 sensor see oxygen correctly when it is suffocated?

Hillbilly

little bolt, and have to spend an absurd amount of time fishing it out.

Actually, I'll take it off....I'm all talk =P

I have to get the sec air incorrect flow taken care of first, that triggers my CEL faster than the too rich code....then I'll adress the real problem.

Reggie

to rule out burning oil - do a compression and a leak down test

cparke

They did fall, but the other end of the string was tied to my arm so there was no fishing involved.

After the ECT pin was re-inserted, cut the string off.

4Driver4

...the OXS can handle at least that without choking.

You really need to spend some time fixing the oil leaks and vacuum leaks. As I said initially, you are barking up the wrong tree worrying about consumption.