Innovate LM-1 issue

[Ian91]

Hi all, decided to take my car for a drive last night, went to start it and the battery had gone flat ( I say this because I'm not sure if it's relevant). I jump started it no worries but now the wideband is reading differently, it's range was like 1.4-1.6 rather than the normal 10-19 or so. I had a Google and it sounds like it's gone into lambda (?) mode. Does it sound like it has just reverted to factory cause the battery has been flat or could there be a fault there. If it's dodgy I'd rather just buy a new one incase it miss reads and I blow up my car :/

 

[White Knight]

Hey Ian. Im pretty sure that it wouldn't/shouldnt go into lambda mode as the adjustment between modes is manual on the rear of the guage itself.
When you first power up the car does it tell you what position it is in? I know mine does aa when i power it up it says P00, which makes me giggle.

 

[Ian91]

Wait sorry it's an lc-1. There is no switch on the back of the gauge because it's an early model where the gauge just shows the reading it doesn't control the wideband. The settings are changed via a cable and the lm program software. When I turn it on it warms the sensor then starts to display the ratio but at idle it sits around 1.5 although the led needle still displays a midrange reading

 

[evo-gsr]

Have you tried re calibrating as per the manual?
Make sure you do it with the battery charger still attached to the car to ensure you are doing it with the full power to the sensor.

 

[Ian91]

I'll give it ago, I'll run the software too and just check the settings

 

[Cranked]

U cam change the settings via the software. There's options lpg, meth, eth, petrol, etc. If "gasoline" isn't there as an option, put 14.7 in and the option will become active

 

[khubner1]

If this was an extended period of time i would suspect its internal batery for mem retention went flat and has defaulted

 

[Ian91]

That's what I thought, I'll plug it in and set it up then re calibrate the sensor and see how it goes. If that fails I'll grab a mtx-l to replace it.

cheers

 

[bazeng]

I have an lc1 for sale if required

 

[Ian91]

I have an lc1 for sale if required

Thanks baz but I'd rather switch to the mtx-l and do away with the bulkyness of the lc1 of it comes to replacing it

 

[4piknup]

Mtx-l
Winner imo

 

[evo-gsr]

^ I agree.

 

[Cranked]

Get a few of us and I can get a good price on Mtx-l

 

[4piknup]

I been thinking about another mtx.

 

[Ian91]

Get a few of us and I can get a good price on Mtx-l

Damn I just bought the one off amazon for about 260. What sort of price can you do them for?

 

[Cranked]

$180ish. Depending on how many I buy, possibly cheaper.

 

[bazeng]

You guys want to do a group buy on some ntk o2 sensor kits? I'm looking at buying 2 off.

 

[4piknup]

Mtx is fine for me. Havent looked at ntk kits