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Secondary Air Pump - can it be bypassed? 'Fool' the computer? V70-XC70 1998

posted by  Dragwagon on  Mon Jan 23 07:46 CST 2006
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Hello all,

Does anyone have any knowledge relating to a bypass of the secondary air pump setup? I was wondering if it would be as simple as replacing the pump with a resistor so the ECM still 'thinks' its there.

Needless to say, mine is going (or went) bad. Don't want a CEL, but don't necessarily feel like spending $300 to replace this system that is used a very small percentage of the operating time. Car is parked in the garage so cat warms quickly in the morning without this system.

I appreciate that this is an emissions part but I hope you'll consider I'm not asking about "fake" 02 sensor resistors and removing the catalytic converter. Just this part that's apparently not even on all models with this engine. I could be commuting in my 10mpg El Camino, after all. Sorry for my lame justification...I needed it for myself.






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