question about air pump removal

[sly2000]

First i would like to say hi to everyone ( im new to s2kca ) and that im sorry if my english sucks but what can i do :loser:

i've put bumpsteer spacer on my car and there is a bolt on a steering shaft joint that hits the metal conduit for the air pump when i steer . i ve look it out on my s2k manuel and found a bit of info but i wanted to ask people who have done it

i dont need that air pump anyway cause i dont have the cat on the car , so im willing to take it all out of the car if i need to , but basically i was wondering if i could just take that 60 amp fuse out and cap the hoses.

any suggestion or advice will be greately apreciated

thanks in advance for your time

[kwando]

you will prob throw a CEL on the stock ECU. A lot of guys that are FI remove it, but they have AEM EMS.

[desmo4]

You have to remove the front bumper to get the air pump out.

Jonathan

[sly2000]

there must be a way to avoid the cel

a tryed to start the engine withou the 60 amp fuses and i didn t get the cell , but there was still vacum on the hose from the air valve , then i unpluged the solenoide that controls the valve and only got a cell when i started the engine warm but not hot (second line of the gauge)

anyway im still trying to eliminate that cell

[My_yella_s2k]

Moved to a more technical area of the forums (XVipers den)
I dont know, and wont offer any assistance, since what ever Id give will be wrong.

[repiv]

As long as you retain the stock ECU, you can't disable any part of that emissions control system. There are sensors everywhere that detect vacuum/pressure. Removing or blocking any of the hoses will affect the vacuum in that part of the whole system. Engine intake manifold provides the vacuum and the airpump provides the pressure. Altering the airpump won't affect vacuum, but will affect pressure at certain locations.
Good luck. Eliminating the airpump system is not new. Maybe someone knows a trick and just hasn't talked about it yet.

[sly2000]

As long as you retain the stock ECU, you can't disable any part of that emissions control system. There are sensors everywhere that detect vacuum/pressure. Removing or blocking any of the hoses will affect the vacuum in that part of the whole system. Engine intake manifold provides the vacuum and the airpump provides the pressure. Altering the airpump won't affect vacuum, but will affect pressure at certain locations.
Good luck. Eliminating the airpump system is not new. Maybe someone knows a trick and just hasn't talked about it yet.
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all i could find in the s2000 manuel is that when the pump is working a current transformer gives a signal to the ecu between 2 and 5 volts , i think and im not saying this as a fact but if we manage to drop the 12 volt to lets say 3 volts using resistances and use the relay of the pump to give that signal at the time it is needed it should work ... ???

[repiv]

all i could find in the s2000 manuel is that when the pump is working a current transformer gives a signal to the ecu between 2 and 5 volts , i think and im not saying this as a fact but if we manage to drop the 12 volt to lets say 3 volts using resistances and use the relay of the pump to give that signal at the time it is needed it should work ... ???

It may be true that the pump sends a voltage signal to the ECU. I'm not sure about that, but that's only part of the equation. You may still have to fool the ECU sensors at various parts of the secondary air injection system. The air pressure provided by the pump may affect the activation of solenoids and valves, which in turn will affec the vacuum in those sections. I may be way off base here, so anything is worth a try.

[sly2000]

thanks for your comments REPIV

i will lets you knows if i have any luck with this !*#!&* problem