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DTC Information: DTC Detecting Condition

Item Detecting Condition Possible Cause
DTC Strategy
  • Air fuel ratio out of range.
  1. Dirty Fuel Injector 1
  2. Faulty Fuel Injector 1
  3. Plugged Fuel Injector 1
  4. Fuel injector 1 harness is open or shorted
  5. Fuel injector 1 circuit poor electrical connection
Enable Conditions
  • Engine Coolant Temperature (ETC) between 70°C (158°F) - 110°C (230°F)
  • Catalyst temperature between 400°C (752°F) - 900°C (1652°F)
  • Engine speed between 1520 - 3240rpm
  • Engine load between 25 - 60%
  • BARO more than 74.5kPa (0.745bar/10.8psi)
  • Transmission gear greater than 5th
  • Closed loop fuel control "ON"
  • Time after engine start over 0 seconds
  • No rough road detection
  • "NO" gear change
  • Upstream O2S circuit monitoring "Complete"
Threshold value
  • One of the cylinders A/F deviation is more than +10% or under -10% than the other cylinders.
Diagnosis Time
  • 2 sets of lean shift test cycles in cylinder while maintaining global Lambda=1.
MIL On Condition
  • 2 driving cycles.