MAF and Fuel Trims Wisdom Needed

[VBSTANG06]

2006 GT with BBK not so cold air intake, Pypes long tube headers, cattless x-pipe/pypebomb axlebacks, Hitachi MAF (new), NTK upstream O2's (new w/downstream O2's turned off), clean stock 24lb injectors, OEM spark plugs/coils, stock intake manifold w/ OEM PCV hoses hooked up to it, and a Dyno tune.
It will start in open loop (lambda 1.00) w/STFT between -5 to +5 and LTFT slowly going + until O2's warm up (about 30 seconds) and switch to closed loop with lambda still at 1.00, stay in CL for 1 min, then OL again w/an immediate lambda of nice and rich (as low as .84 and as high as .98 just depends on ambient air temp I guess?) At idle while warming up and at operating temp (190° to 195°) my LTFT is both banks +22%, always in open loop with LTFT trending to zero under load (+3%). WOT is .82 lambda and decel is 1.05 lambda. O2's read .85 to .92 volts depending on what I'm doing.
MAF sensor reads .60 lbs/min at idle w/air conditioning off and .74 lbs/min w/ air conditioning on. Values increase with throttle and everything feels great while driving or idling.
My question is - Is my engine ok as is (running lean possibly due to mods/tune)? ECM is compensating for things appropriately. I have an OBD2 code reader w/live data stream to monitor behavior.

 

[VBSTANG06]

Forgot to mention that it goes into CL on start up and stays there for about 1 min then switches to OL and stays there. So it's start up, OL until O2's warm, CL for 1 min (still at 1.00 lambda here), then OL again w/lambda immediately nice and rich. Is that a healthy 4.6L 3 valve?

 

[VBSTANG06]

 

[Dino Dino Bambino]

The ECU should go into closed loop within a minute or so after a cold start up 'cause by then, the front O2 sensors should have warmed up sufficiently to send a voltage signal to the ECU. In closed loop mode, the O2 sensor voltages should fluctuate continuously between about 0.1-0.9v in order to maintain a stoich air:fuel ratio.

The STFT shouldn't be more than ~25% in either direction (+ or -) and the LTFT should be near zero. I'd expect the WOT lambda (open loop) to be in the 0.85-0.90 range.

Your engine's definitely healthy and nothing is out of range, but the tune doesn't appear to be properly optimized. I think the injector pulse width needs to be increased slightly to bring the STFTs closer to zero during closed loop mode. The fact that the ECU is adding fuel (STFT +22) suggests that the programmed injector pulse width is too short and the CL operation requires enrichment. The WOT fueling is slightly rich (opposite situation to CL), so it appears that this needs to be leaned out a bit. I suggest you contact Lito by email to [email protected] and discuss a possible tune revision with him.

 

[VBSTANG06]

Sup Dino thanks for the info! It's LTFT that's +22 for me and STFT hovers very close to zero. It's also only at idle that it goes LTFT +22. It has good power too. I'm new to fuel trims and MAF readings and wanted to see what someone thought of these numbers. Does MAF lbs/min look right to you at idle?

 

[VBSTANG06]

O2 voltage cycle very quickly in CL also with fuel trims just a few numbers away from zero. My car idles very rich (must be the tune for OL?

 

[VBSTANG06]

My OEM MAF read .74 lbs/min w/air conditioning off and .88 lbs/min w/air conditioning on but that MAF looks like there is black stuff caked on the inside of that won't come off with MAF sensor cleaner. I replaced it with Hitachi MAF and numbers read different now. I did the KAM reset after changing and have driven about 150 miles now. Before I changed MAF LTFT was +6 at most, changed MAF, now LTFT +22. I thought the MAF was bad so exchanged it but got same readings as the other Hitachi MAF. Thanks for the help

 

[Dino Dino Bambino]

Does MAF lbs/min look right to you at idle?

It looks a bit low to me. I'd suggest you get the genuine Motorcraft MAF sensor (part no. 3L3Z-12B579-BA. In fact, I'd recommend OEM for all sensors and electrical/electronic components. See where your fuel trims are with the OEM MAF sensor and go from there.

 

[VBSTANG06]

I'n a bit ill get a pic of what my scanner is saying. Idle rpms are 796-807, timing is 15.5-16.5° w/mid-grade fuel (89 octane here). I get pretty good gas mileage too (23-28 mpg with mild/moderate driving)

 

[VBSTANG06]

Oh do you know where the AAT sensor is on these? Does front bumper need to come off because I can't find it.

 

[VBSTANG06]

At cold start
At idle in OL warmed up
At idle just after start up in CL


CL at idle

OL at idle getting up to temp

OL commanded lambda at idle warmed up