Secondary Air
#1
#2
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Loveland, Colorado (Heaven)
Posts: 241
Likes: 0
Received 2 Likes
on
1 Post
RE: Secondary Air
Secondary Air Injection
1 Engine Control Module
2 Secondary air injection pump relay
3 Secondary air injection valve control, Bank 1 and 2
4 Multi valve, Bank 1
5 Oxygen sensor, pre-cat, Bank 1
6 Secondary air injection pump
7 Multi valve, Bank 2
8 Oxygen sensor, pre-cat, Bank 2
A secondary air injection system was offered as an emissions control device in later revisions of cars with the MMS411A ECU (starting in late 1997).
General theory
The engine requires a relatively rich mixture for smooth operation on cold start. For this reason, the ECU operates in open loop mode with a fixed fuel map for the first 20 to 120 seconds of engine operation until the oxygen sensors have heated to operating temperature. Because of this, exhaust gases contain high levels of carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons after cold starts. The unburned hydrocarbons could be further oxidized, except there is no oxygen left after combustion. By feeding air into the exhaust manifold (secondary air), CO and HC are oxidized through afterburning at temperatures over 600°C to form water and carbon dioxide. The exothermal reaction also increases the exhaust gas temperature, which warms the catalyist more quickly.
To achieve efficient warmup operation, a high secondary air flow rate must be achieved within the first few seconds of engine startup, and the air flow rate must be maintained until oxygen sensor control is in operation. Air flow is maintained by an electric air pump (6). Once the oxygen sensors and catalytic converters have reached their operating temperatures, valves (4, 7) cut off the secondary air flow.
What the ECU monitors
An activated secondary air injection system leads to an increase in oxygen content in the exhaust (air flow from the secondary air pump). This increase is noted by the ECU by reduced pre-cat oxygen sensor voltage. If the engine management system gives the opening signal to the secondary air injection vaolve and switches on the pump, an extremely lean mixture should be found at the pre-cat sensors if the secondary air system is operating correctly.
Secondary air injection valve control
The multi valves are controlled via a vacuum line and activated directly via the ECU. If the unit fails to receive the timing signal from the ECU, it can no longer provide accurate control of the secondary air injection process, so the system is disabled and a Diagnostic Trouble Code is stored.
Secondary air injection pump
Operation of the secondary air injection pump is controlled by the ECU via relay J299. The pump furnishes the mass air flow for the secondary air injection system.
Secondary air injection system diagnosis consists of a flow test and a leak test. For the leak test, the secondary air injection pump is switched on with the engine warm and idling, but the multi valves left closed. If the system has no leaks, then oxygen sensor control will not register any
The following 2 users liked this post by S4poor:
HuskerRover (03-28-2019),
JUKE179r (03-22-2017)
#3
#5
RE: Secondary Air
The additional answer to that is it is another government and car makers way to enforce another costly system that in no way reduces emissions to any significant degree. I wish I could take mine off, but we have emissions laws here that say i can't. All it really is - another thing to go wrong and have to fix...oh and it makes working on your disco and doing things like changing out plug wires that much harder. Okay, my rant is complete...
[align=left] [/align]
[align=left] [/align]
#7
#8
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post