SAI Removal and coding out

[lswing]

Readiness can actually be set with VCDS.

As in you can set something as ready when it is set to not be ready by default? I'm new to this emissions/inspection thing, and will post a new thread soon with info from my car. I need to read up on the readiness list, something like what OE posted, Readiness: 0110 1011.

[Other_Erik]

Readiness can actually be set with VCDS.

Please, do tell. I don't know enough about the Vag-Com...

[Other_Erik]

Here's a picture of my loop. I didn't get a chance to check my readiness values last night, I'll see if I can get to it tonight. I assume the car needs to run for a while before checking?

Actually we do have ethanol.. Up to 10%, but there's a CFN about two minutes from my house with ethanol free premium.

You have no idea how jealous I am. If I want no ethanol I've got two choices - drive out to the track (30 miles each direction) and pay $9.95/gal for 100 octane unleaded race fuel, or drive out past Front Royal (80 miles each direction). Otherwise I get 10-15% ethanol at the pump and gas mileage and power suffer.

I think for readiness to calibrate properly without VCDS intervention, it just needs to be up to temperature, more than 75 miles since last ODB2 reset.

O_E

[RSoverAll]

http://www.ross-tech.com/vcds/tour/readiness.html

As in set your readiness monitors to "Pass" or "Ready" in the comfort of your garage w/o performing the actual drive cycles.

Not as in if your car is SAI delete you can force the readiness monitors to "Ready" when the ECU determines there is actually a fault.

[lswing]

Aha, thanks for the info. Playing this game soon...

Woohoo! 91 pure just down the street, http://pure-gas.org/index.jsp?stateprov=NY

[s8prtotype]

Ha, good luck on the passenger side with EVERYTHING you gotta do to get it out that's all i gotta say haha. WORTH IT THO

[P1054]

Erik, I tested the readiness bits on mine today and got 0000 0000 (all passed, including the SAI). See below.