Dave2g
Proven Member
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- Mar 14, 2017
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Stamford,
Connecticut
Whats up guys. Didn't think I'd have a question this fast but anyways. Just went out for a quick drive, car was running absolutely fine and couldn't avoid a decent sized pothole in the road due to snow everywhere. Suddenly the oil pressure gauge started jumping around (which didn't work before) and the wideband reads (---). I can tell the car is running lean at idle and through the rev range. At first I figured I just took out the wideband sensor, but upon closer inspection I found something even more interesting. The car has a side exit exhaust through the front bumper. The exhaust actually moved from the cutout, closer to the wheel well. Under the hood, you could see that the exhaust had shifted and cracked on the dipstick tube. (I've been having luck like this all week... just one in a million) Would this cause a lean condition if there is a crack in the exhaust? I feel as though the afr's might become a bit leaner but not to the extent where the wideband won't read it. If not, what are some other things I should look at and check?