[Turboadam]

Midpipe & Std ECU = Problem???​

If you have a midpipe and factory ecu (only) do you get an Engine Warning Light?

I have a midpipe and Factory ecu and have had the Eng Warning light come on.	2	5.71%
I have a midpipe and Factory ecu and have NEVER had the Eng Warning light come on.	33	94.29%

 

[Turboadam]

First time putting up a poll, hope it appears.

I am getting the engine warning light come on regularly, it is an air/fuel ratio error from what Nissan tell me, anyone else with the Factory ECU only (ie. not a Cobb) get this?
Cheers.

 

[Rif]

I ran my 11 with a mid pipe with nothing else and even knn drop ins and no issues

 

[MC]

First time putting up a poll, hope it appears.

I am getting the engine warning light come on regularly, it is an air/fuel ratio error from what Nissan tell me, anyone else with the Factory ECU only (ie. not a Cobb) get this?
Cheers.

a midpipe is not causing this.. it is replaced past the 02 sensors and will not cause this warning

do you have aftermarket intakes?

 

[Turboadam]

Nope, car is 100% std other than midpipe

 

[Yancy]

I have a 2012 with an AAM resonated midpipe only and I have this issue. The light came on the day after I had the pipe installed. BTW...I was told the same thing (a/f ratio) from my Nissan dealer. They told me it wasn't a big deal though.

 

[Turboadam]

"I have a 2012 with an AAM resonated midpipe only and I have this issue. The light came on the day after I had the pipe installed. BTW...I was told the same thing (a/f ratio) from my Nissan dealer."

Aha bingo. Light may go off over night but randomly comes back. I have only driven it for 4 days since it originally came on.

 

[Carig5A]

Would love to hear esp from 2012 re: above as I am considering getting AAM res midpipe. Thanks.

 

[MC]

I have a 2012 with an AAM resonated midpipe only and I have this issue. The light came on the day after I had the pipe installed. BTW...I was told the same thing (a/f ratio) from my Nissan dealer. They told me it wasn't a big deal though.

thats strange ive never heard of that in the over 3 years the car has been out and the midpipe is the most common thing done to the car.... i dont understand how the exhaust exiting more freely could affect a/f ratio something that is measured before the midpipe... you should in theory for arguments sake be able to drive around with no exhaust and not get a warning...

 

[digsetcrush]

for what it's worth, i have a '10 with aam resonated midpipe, never had the CEL come on.

 

[Synergy]

I have a 2012 with AAM non resonated mid pipe and no CEL thus far....knock on wood!

 

[ak47m203]

Put back the stock midpipe and see if it is gone. Maybe some random faulty sensor.

 

[Rif]

2012 , mid pipe non res , no lights

 

[Danno]

I have a 2012 with the same AAM resonated mid only, and have had no lights come on. I have had for about 6 months and 3500 miles

 

[Tom C]

I have always heard that you should disconnect the battery during an exhaust installation so that the computer will be cleared and will relearn and adapt immediately. Could it be that installer left the battery connected and now it was comparing the new flow with the old flow and coming up with a big enough deviation to log a CEL?

Tom

 

[Rif]

Never disconnected the battery during mod pipe install on 2 gTr so far . No lights . So that's not it

 

[MC]

yeah its not the battery disconnect the ECU doesn't work like that

could it be a weird coincidence of the gas cap wasnt tightened the same day the pipe was put on.... sounds dumb i know..but something else has to be going on here

 

[alexdavis]

I'm not part of the Poll because I had a mid-pipe put on after an E-Tune. But, for what it's worth, never an error code with that single physical mod.

Alexd
(2012)

 

[PABers]

2012 with res mid-pipe from day 1; never had a CEL.

 

[Cicio]

I agree with MC, I seriously doubt the CEL is caused by the y-pipe. Sounds like an .02 sensor going bad to me.

~Cicio