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Can you tuner types turn off the air pump thing?

PostPosted: Thu Dec 13, 2012 6:09 pm
by kiahatsiu
G'day,
I was just asked the question "can the air pumps aids be turned off on an 08 wrx"....
So, coyote, Kido_tuning at al, can you?

Re: Can you tuner types turn off the air pump thing?

PostPosted: Thu Dec 13, 2012 6:12 pm
by Kekotic
Good question!
But if it was that simple I guess people wouldn't be using plates to block it off? I would love to hear otherwise.

Re: Can you tuner types turn off the air pump thing?

PostPosted: Thu Dec 13, 2012 6:21 pm
by KiDo_Tuning
Turn off codes in Ecuflash, put an engine block welsh plug in the hose out of the air pump to make it 'look' like it works for EPA etc. Problem fixed ;)

Re: Can you tuner types turn off the air pump thing?

PostPosted: Thu Dec 13, 2012 6:41 pm
by kiahatsiu
Very good.

Re: Can you tuner types turn off the air pump thing?

PostPosted: Fri Dec 14, 2012 7:29 am
by bosc0
What do said air pumps effect? what is their function?

Re: Can you tuner types turn off the air pump thing?

PostPosted: Fri Dec 14, 2012 8:13 am
by Rome_BRZ
They regulate the oxygen on start-up basically, so that your emissions are low. I had mine completely removed and the codes fixed up so I wouldn't get any CELs. When I was running P98, I would get a massive waft of brown smoke when I started my car and it would stink of fumes, basically the airpump was preventing that from happening before.

Now that I'm on E-flex it just smells like food when I start my car and no wafts of brown smoke or black marks on the ground from the exhaust :lol:

Re: Can you tuner types turn off the air pump thing?

PostPosted: Sun Dec 16, 2012 6:35 pm
by dr20t
Rome_STI wrote:They regulate the oxygen on start-up basically, so that your emissions are low. I had mine completely removed and the codes fixed up so I wouldn't get any CELs. When I was running P98, I would get a massive waft of brown smoke when I started my car and it would stink of fumes, basically the airpump was preventing that from happening before.

Now that I'm on E-flex it just smells like food when I start my car and no wafts of brown smoke or black marks on the ground from the exhaust :lol:



You must be eating a lot of saki

Re: Can you tuner types turn off the air pump thing?

PostPosted: Sun Dec 16, 2012 7:42 pm
by Rome_BRZ
dr20t wrote:
Rome_STI wrote:They regulate the oxygen on start-up basically, so that your emissions are low. I had mine completely removed and the codes fixed up so I wouldn't get any CELs. When I was running P98, I would get a massive waft of brown smoke when I started my car and it would stink of fumes, basically the airpump was preventing that from happening before.

Now that I'm on E-flex it just smells like food when I start my car and no wafts of brown smoke or black marks on the ground from the exhaust :lol:



You must be eating a lot of saki


Mmm actually yeh it's a bit like hot saki!