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Old 04-18-2006 | 08:23 AM
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my CEL just popped on damnit...i'm gonna recheck the antifouler, I might need to make the hole larger. Oh wells
Old 04-18-2006 | 03:33 PM
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Get the CEL elimanator from Weapon R. That peice is the only peice that has fixed mine. I did the anti Fouler and that sucked. I tryed just about anything and nothing seemed to work. I put the Weapon R one on and have had zero issues since. Here is the link to it. Very nice peice.
http://www.weapon-r.com/store/agora....ppinc=search2#
Old 06-04-2007 | 09:42 PM
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so having ONLY the s/down pipe, does that trip a CEL? i've gotten conflicting information. Thanks.
Old 06-04-2007 | 09:54 PM
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it shouldn't
Old 09-04-2007 | 06:27 AM
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sorry.. im confused on where you place the antifouler.. is it the o2 sensor right under the header. (visable from the engine bay) or is it somewhere below the car.?
Old 09-04-2007 | 10:33 PM
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My CEL light just came on while driving to campus. So if the CEL is on, what is bad about ignoring it? Am I losing performance?
Old 09-05-2007 | 08:24 AM
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Okay I went to AutoZone and I had the OBDII erase my cel...they said that it'll come back on though...so whenever it comes back on, I'll just erase it again at Autozone.
Old 09-05-2007 | 04:49 PM
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Okay I went to AutoZone and I had the OBDII erase my cel...they said that it'll come back on though...so whenever it comes back on, I'll just erase it again at Autozone.
why are you just get the antifoulers from there and fix the cel so you wouldnt have to keep making trips there to erase the CEL. dont forget the 1/2" drill bit if you dont have one already. this mod is quick only about 15 minutes
Old 09-05-2007 | 10:03 PM
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I do already have the antifouler on. the CEL still came on.
Old 09-05-2007 | 11:16 PM
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oh that sucks.....maybe try with 3
Old 09-06-2007 | 07:18 AM
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confused on where you place the antifouler.. is it the o2 sensor right under the header. (visable from the engine bay) or is it somewhere below the car.?.... bump
Old 09-06-2007 | 09:03 AM
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its NOT on the header...its on the s-pipe (down pipe).
Old 09-08-2007 | 07:44 PM
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I have been running the strup headders and my exhaust is enough to choke a horse. it smells like a big block chevy. is that bad. still running the stock s- pipe but planing on upgrading soon. the gas smell is just so strong.
Old 09-18-2007 | 06:41 PM
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I guess the 3 fouler is working. No CEL anymore.
Old 09-19-2007 | 05:45 AM
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sounds good.. hopefully it holds up
Old 09-19-2007 | 11:20 PM
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Just as another possible solution. I just installed the Tsudo 4-2-1 headers in my car and didnt want to be drilling anything or getting 80 anti foulers in a row to eliminate the cell so I ventured out and found this anti fouler

http://www.autotube.net/

for 10 bucks it got to my house, screwed it in where the 02 plug is in the spipe of the header and no cel once I turned the car on and have driven it cel free so far.
recommend it as a solution also
Old 10-01-2007 | 11:48 PM
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Originally Posted by NoLimitzInd
Get the CEL elimanator from Weapon R. That peice is the only peice that has fixed mine. I did the anti Fouler and that sucked. I tryed just about anything and nothing seemed to work. I put the Weapon R one on and have had zero issues since. Here is the link to it. Very nice peice.
http://www.weapon-r.com/store/agora....ppinc=search2#
I tried the sparkplug anti fouler trick but it also did not work for me, I scanned the OBDII and was only reading that my cat wasn't present, so I'm positive I didn't mess up my o2 sensors. I'm thinking that an angled anti fouler like the MMW one or even this ebay one has a better chance of working than the straight anti-fouler.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/O2-se...spagenameZWDVW
Old 10-08-2007 | 02:43 AM
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Originally Posted by jotao
Just as another possible solution. I just installed the Tsudo 4-2-1 headers in my car and didnt want to be drilling anything or getting 80 anti foulers in a row to eliminate the cell so I ventured out and found this anti fouler

http://www.autotube.net/

for 10 bucks it got to my house, screwed it in where the 02 plug is in the spipe of the header and no cel once I turned the car on and have driven it cel free so far.
recommend it as a solution also
I bought the autotube.net product also, thinking it was different from the HELP anti-foulers. It's not. The autotube anti-fouler threads were slightly damaged where I couldn't screw in the O2 sensor, so went to Autozone and bought the HELP 42002 2-pack for $2.99. Looking at the two products side-by-side it was obvious that they are identical.

autotube.net is simply drilling out a single HELP anti-fouler and selling it for $11.99 (shipped).

What's interesting is they are claiming 100% success on Scion tC with the single anti-fouler, so installed just one. Put on my DC header today and no CEL after a short test drive.
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Originally Posted by TongMan
I guess the 3 fouler is working. No CEL anymore.
I used 3 fouler like TongMan, works great!
Old 10-08-2007 | 06:09 AM
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Originally Posted by Mid_Life_tC-risis
Originally Posted by jotao
Just as another possible solution. I just installed the Tsudo 4-2-1 headers in my car and didnt want to be drilling anything or getting 80 anti foulers in a row to eliminate the cell so I ventured out and found this anti fouler

http://www.autotube.net/

for 10 bucks it got to my house, screwed it in where the 02 plug is in the spipe of the header and no cel once I turned the car on and have driven it cel free so far.
recommend it as a solution also
I bought the autotube.net product also, thinking it was different from the HELP anti-foulers. It's not. The autotube anti-fouler threads were slightly damaged where I couldn't screw in the O2 sensor, so went to Autozone and bought the HELP 42002 2-pack for $2.99. Looking at the two products side-by-side it was obvious that they are identical.

autotube.net is simply drilling out a single HELP anti-fouler and selling it for $11.99 (shipped).

What's interesting is they are claiming 100% success on Scion tC with the single anti-fouler, so installed just one. Put on my DC header today and no CEL after a short test drive.
It'll probably pop up in 1-3 days, if it doesn't pop up after 3 days, I would have to say your good... but if anything just add on another fouler (not drilled).



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