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Kline 100 cell sport cats and Check Engine Light

Discussion in '458 Italia/488/F8' started by webber498, Jan 10, 2018.

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  1. webber498

    webber498 Karting

    Aug 2, 2012
    68
    Cheshire, UK
    Hi all,

    I recently had a Kline stainless system fitted to my 458, it came with 100 cell sports cats. (It sounds incredible by the way)

    Anyway I’ve been slack in doing my research before buying to be honest and I hoped I would get away without a check engine light with sports cats... seems not the case with 100cell as I do get a check engine light and the reading on the secondary o2 sensors is out of tolerance.

    I tried some generic o2 sensor spacers which haven’t resolved it.

    I was wondering if anybody has had any success with these fabspeed items that have a mini cat converter in them as well as being a spacer?

    http://www.fabspeed.com/universal-90-degree-o2-spacers-with-catalytic-converters/

    I just wanted to ask before I buy them and give them a go.

    I guess if they don’t work then I either change to 200 cell cats or get the ECU remapped (which then I assume voids my Ferrari approved warranty).

    Any advice appreciated

    Thanks
    Adam
     
  2. 2012-458

    2012-458 Karting

    Nov 10, 2015
    101
    I’m running into the same issue. I have a novitec cat-back system along with 200cell fabspeed sport cats. I had no CEL for a year or 2 but pulled 2 codes this past week.

    Curious what the best options are that will still pass emissions.
     
  3. Melvok

    Melvok F1 World Champ
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    Jul 25, 2008
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    I recall a 458 thread quite some time ago about the same problem.

    Seemed to be a quick and inexpensive U.K. solution, allmost like these Fabspeed things ...

    Were just straight (were they called extenders or so?) for half that price. (so not 90 degrees bent)

    We should do a "search" ...
     
  4. 2012-458

    2012-458 Karting

    Nov 10, 2015
    101
    Just a thought..

    What if I were to purchase an OBD reader and clear the codes as they come up. That way no codes would be present during emissions testing.
     
  5. daflk

    daflk Formula Junior

    Jan 27, 2013
    257
    Hong Kong
    Guys spacers are unreliable. It may solve and eventually CEL it’ll come back. Just do a custom ecu tune I recommend openflashperformance. Shiv has decoded the ECU and can tweak ECU parameters to tolerate the less efficient 100 or 100 cell cats to your secondary o2 sensors.


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  6. Melvok

    Melvok F1 World Champ
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    Unless they suddenly occur again at the test site ... ?
     
  7. 2012-458

    2012-458 Karting

    Nov 10, 2015
    101
    After speaking with Fabspeed, their ECU tune will remove the CEL but will not pass emissions. I would assume this is consistent with all tunes?

     
  8. webber498

    webber498 Karting

    Aug 2, 2012
    68
    Cheshire, UK
    I assume an ECU tune also voids any warranty with Ferrari also does it? That’s my main concern with that route as I have a 2 year warranty on the car after buying it as an approved used car from a Ferrari dealer.

    A friend of mine uses a Capristo CLS1 o2 simulator on his aventador which modified the signal from the sensors to the ECU to keep the check engine light off but doesn’t actually touch the ECU at all so is warranty friendly. It seems to be quite expensive though at around £800 and sounds like it needs some setting up to make it work but I’m going to look into that I think
     

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