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PostPosted: 12:30 - 05 Oct 2013    Post subject: Gas tester - air fuel ratio checker? Reply with quote

As above is there a kit you can buy that you can whack into the exhaust pipe, like mot tester used? Need to see what fuel ratio I'm getting
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PostPosted: 12:33 - 05 Oct 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote

I think gunson used to do one. Not particularly cheap or effective, and can only be used to make adjustments at idle. Gun colourtune (basically a glass spark plug) would be more effective to set the mix at idle.

If you want to know what it's doing under load, you'll need to take it to a dyno.
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PostPosted: 13:24 - 05 Oct 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote

If you look on ebay you can often find old ones, trouble is with these they are a bif of a faff, calibration needs to be carried out, filters changed etc such as

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Gunsons-GASTESTER-Mk2-CO-meter-exhaust-gas-analyser-for-classic-car-MoT-test-/111178553786?pt=UK_Diagnostic_Tools_Equipment&hash=item19e2c219ba


Thing is though other than idle checks, they are pretty useless for checking the mixture at higher rpm's unless you are using a dyno as well to load up the engine. no load readings are not accurate.
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PostPosted: 15:49 - 05 Oct 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote

HM Racing use a four gas analyser for checking exhaust emissions

https://www.hmracing.co.uk/index.php/hmr-dyno-engine-suspension-servicing/motorcycle-dyno-hm-racing

Their latest rolling road also comes with a Lambda tester,which is similar to the air/fuel ratio (AFR) which is a calculation of CO (carbon monoxide),CO2 (carbon dioxide),HC (hydrocarbon or unburnt fuel) and O2 (oxygen).On the SUN gas analyser at HM Racing they can switch between Lambda and AFR,but they also have a function for corrected CO,which shows up a leak in the exhaust or inlet manifolds.The differance between CO and CO Corrected shows up as a leak somewhere,which is useful as a diagnostic tool.
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PostPosted: 18:15 - 05 Oct 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote

you can get a sensor that bolts in to the exhaust (drill hole and weld a nut on) and a gauge that mounts on the dash which will give you your A/F as your riding along

you can also get them where they read the RPM too and you can log it too so you can look back for each RPM

the only trouble is they aren't cheap

£180 for basic stuff

for something that will log etc your talking 3-400 quid
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PostPosted: 21:46 - 05 Oct 2013    Post subject: Re: Gas tester - air fuel ratio checker? Reply with quote

cb1rocket wrote:
As above is there a kit you can buy that you can whack into the exhaust pipe, like mot tester used? Need to see what fuel ratio I'm getting


No there isn't. What you can get is a CO tester or a 3/4 gas analyser which costs in the region of £1700.
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PostPosted: 00:04 - 07 Oct 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote

Ok thanks guys looks like I'm stuck with plug chopping
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