Troubleshooting
CIRCUIT DESCRIPTIONFuel trim refers to the feedback compensation value compared against the basic injection time. Fuel trim includes short-term fuel trim and long-term fuel trim.
Short-term fuel trim is the short-term fuel compensation used to maintain the air-fuel ratio at its ideal theoretical value.
The signal from the A/F sensor is approximately proportional to the existing air-fuel ratio, and ECM comparing it with the ideal theoretical value, the ECM reduces fuel volume immediately if the air-fuel ratio is rich and increases fuel volume if it is lean.
Long-term fuel trim compensates the deviation from the central value of the short-term fuel trim stored up by each engine tolerance, and the deviation from the central value due to the passage of time and changes of using environment.
If both the short-term fuel trim and long-term fuel trim exceed a certain value, it is detected as a malfunction and the MIL lights up.
DETECTING CONDITIONS
HINT:
- When the DTC P0171 is recorded, the actual air-fuel ratio is on the lean side. When DTC P0172 is recorded, the actual air-fuel ratio is on the rich side.
- If the vehicle runs out of fuel, the air-fuel ratio is lean and DTC P0171 is recorded. The MIL then comes on.
- If the total of the short-term fuel trim value and long-term fuel trim value is within ± 35% (80 °C (176° F) or more), the system the system is functioning normally.
- The A/F sensor (bank 1, 2 sensor 1) output voltage and the short-term fuel trim value can be read using the OBD II scan tool or LEXUS hand-held tester.
- The ECM controls the voltage of AF(+) and AF(-) terminals of ECM to the fixed voltage. Therefore, it is impossible to confirm the A/F sensor output voltage without OBD II scan tool or LEXUS hand-held tester.
- OBD II scan tool (excluding LEXUS hand-held tester) displays the one fifth of the A/F sensor (bank 1, 2 sensor 1) output voltage which is displayed on the LEXUS hand-held tester.
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