What did you do to your Polo today?

[pogo_55]

Found a site which explains how to convert torque to horsepower. HowStuffWorks "How do you convert engine torque to horsepower?" Pretty straight forward.

Using bfeboi's printout as an example, his car makes 138.4KW at tad over 5700rpm. So working from the torque chart at the same revs it is making 230NM. That's all the info you need except you have to convert to lbft 230 -> 170lbft. Using formula from website: (170 * 5700)/5252 = 184bhp. Converted to KW = 137. Close enough. I also used this site for conversions: Unit Converter. I had a quick play with Brisbane dyno figures, but the rpm is missing. Guessing at the rpm I think our figures don't add up - torque too high, or bhp too low.

[seangti]

Well It wasn't today, and not really on Saturday either. My dyno result was 126.8kw, up from the stock 92.4 on the same dyno back in 2006. That's just Unitronic, CAI and TIP and the Uni flash was only $880. Great result for such little money.

Possibly paying my car out this week, won $2700 on Keno with some mates last week so that helps out big time

nice gain for low bucks*

*that's the power, not the keno nice win there too.

[Stuwey]

Changed the oil yet again ( I do it every 5000kms) and fitted my Stack boost and oil temp gauges.

[FL00DY]

nice gain for low bucks*

*that's the power, not the keno nice win there too.

Keno was a $5 investment

[FL00DY]

[End User]

Bought it

[DeanB]

Driving home tonight and a little orange light on the dash lit up to tell me I have some sort of problem The manual tells me it is an exhaust issue (lambda probe?) - looks like an orange engine picture.

Was going to reset it ... then realised I've got no idea how to do that with my VChecker - lol - so much for buying something and never spending the time or making effort to know how to use the damn thing

Anyone have a quick "how to" to reset a fault code .. otherwise I will have to play around and work this thing out.

[FL00DY]

Hang on ... your car is trying to tell you it has a problem and you want to reset it? Take it to a dealer, simple as that.

I've had that light come on twice and both times it was for faulty oxygen sensors. If that is what's wrong, nothing to worry about, car will keep running but get it replaced when possible.

[DeanB]

Thanks floody, you make sense ... brain not working too well, it was a long day at work, I assume it is a sensor and the light annoys me so I just wanted it to go away for now

Will have a chat to the dealer tomorrow and organise it to be looked at

[FL00DY]

Actually from memory it took forever for the sensors to come in, like a month. But no worries, nothing really wrong, maybe just cause more emissions .

[PeterHBne]

Yeah I had the same thing once - drove for ages before getting it fixed (lazy......). Had no ill effect on the car.

[xc17ed]

Yeah I had the same thing once - drove for ages before getting it fixed (lazy......). Had no ill effect on the car.

The o2 sensors are there to help the car adjust a/f ratio as you are driving, having them not working will just mean the car will run a bit richer (therefore using more fuel) and maybe a dirty rear bar, lol.

[DeanB]

Took the car into the dealer as I was driving past .... I already had run VChecker and determined the fault code - P041??(can't remember all the numbers) - Secondary Air Injection System - Incorrect Flow Detected

Anyway, the service guys just shrug their shoulders, plugged into the car, cleared the code and told me to book it in to have it checked if it does it again. Asked them what the code/fault was ... the "kid" tells me "just some 'thing' that comes up now and then" ... gotta love their ability to communicate

And the dealer wonders why I don't get them to service it !

[FL00DY]

Took the car into the dealer as I was driving past .... I already had run VChecker and determined the fault code - P041??(can't remember all the numbers) - Secondary Air Injection System - Incorrect Flow Detected

Anyway, the service guys just shrug their shoulders, plugged into the car, cleared the code and told me to book it in to have it checked if it does it again. Asked them what the code/fault was ... the "kid" tells me "just some 'thing' that comes up now and then" ... gotta love their ability to communicate

And the dealer wonders why I don't get them to service it !

I'd be complaining to the dealer principle, that's terrible

[noone]

Next time you have a problem, come see me.
Atleast I can tell you what the code was and we can start trying to fix the problem...