As I continue to rebuild my 06 SSL, I noticed the "service engine soon" light on. Dah!!!! when I bought the car, it only came with a down pipe. So I purchased a complete exhaust from Ebay . What a newbie mistake. Then I discovered this forum and looked through the vendor section and purchased a XS cat back. Much better but I forgot the O2 sensor. So my ? is - the "service engine soon" light will stay on with no sensors or bad sensors? correct? If I need sensors? where's the best place to get those?

 

do you have the rear o2 in working condition? if you do just do the spark plug nonfouler fix there you go no light. Or you could have your tuner turn that code off in the ecu unless you need it to pass inspection.

 

nonfouler fix?

 

first get it scanned at a local autozone, they will tell you the exact problem..
then from there you can determine if its the sensor or the testpipe!
look around for the sensors if you need one, autozone wanted 150, I found one at a local shop for 80

 

or, you can run the secondary o2 simulator via ecu flash

 

thanks for the suggestions! its going under the operating table later today. keep you posted!

 

found a set of new Bilsteins in Seattle! hoooooray!

 

Thanks to Tommy and his crew at Racing Greed, they were able to diagnose and resolve the "check engine". The O2 sensor in front was bad, and the car was running around 24lbs boost.
Now its tuned down to 14lbs. Is that good? I just want it to run stock for now as I work out all the kinks. Gotta replace that damn suspension next. The struts are so bad driving over small pot holes.

 

14lbs? That's no-where near stock boost. Then again if you bought the car used and don't have any idea what's going on mechanically it's hard to tell. You should really check the tune with a tactrix or at a shop.

 

Lots of good vendors here!

 

that is true, I think I bit more than I could chew with this project. Any suggestions of good tuners in Washington or Oregon St?

 

English Racing is out that way. Id say the best shop in that part of the country as far as I know.

 

should be 19psi for stock tapering of course

 

did some digging in the forums last night and someone mentioned English Racing. Is Mike from ETS for parts only? Thought of calling both of them.....stay tuned(no pun intended)