Otto's adventures w/2003 S

[Ottomotion]

Well I cant get it smogged because the Secondary Air System is showing 'Fail' status.

I thought maybe I bolted the pump up and connected the hose but maybe forgot to plug the darn thing in?
So this morning I started it up and drove it down to the shop. I retracted the top into service mode, undid all the layers of access (cue Get Smart theme music) and finally could get to the pump. Sure enough, the plug was not plugged in.

Doh!

Ok...I plugged it in and drove it....but the system is still showing 'Fail'.

I thought it must be due to the car already being warm and therefore the SAI pump was not being told by the ECU to turn on for a 'cold start'.

so, I parked it and put a fan on the engine bay for a couple of hours.

Now, I can activate the pump with the Durametric when the engine is not running so I know the pump is good.

After waiting a couple of hours with the fan cooling, I started her up and sure enough, the Secondary Air Pump activated for @ 1 minute and then shut off.

But, alas, the system is still showing 'fail'....even after driving it for @ 30 miles.

I HAVE NO C.E.L.!

I am wondering if maybe I need to disconnect the battery and reboot the whole system? The SA pump was not plugged in when I brought it on-line after the engine repair.

...but I dont want to have to reboot everything if I dont have to. Does anyone have any suggestions?

[thom4782]

Search will be your friend here....these cars have to go through a number of specific drive cycles for all the systems to reset to ready. Somewhere, there's a thread that will describe what the drive cycles are. It requires more than just driving it for a number of miles. If you reset everything, then you'll have to start the drive cycle thing over.

Look at the picture in post #1 in the following thread...the may work if everything else is OK. Did you ever figure out what was causing P1341. This usually means the variocam is suspect or its solenoid is going bad. This will affect the timing advance...not sure of its impact on smog.


BTW: Car need to be a full operating temp for accurate deviation readings...+/- 6 are within spec. When numbers get outside of this range, something is wearing and needs replacement. IIRC, CEL pops on at around 9.