Anybody here taken out their secondary air system. Mine's been acting up, and I want to run intake and intercooler piping through the area anyways. Any way that I can get the CEL deleted?

 

You can but if you have any sort of emissions component (ECU code scan) in your inspection, you'll fail. Search feature will turn up a bunch of info on who sells a kit to delete it.

 

Things you'll need:
-A tuned ECU with the SAI codes removed... I got mine from k0mpressed
-Integrated Engineering SAI blockoff plate or similar
-A couple of large fender washers with a ~2" bolt and nut that fit between them
-Some sort of sealant, be it silicone adhesive, RTV, epoxy, etc.

Steps:
-Install tuned ECU
-Remove your kombi valve and everything connected to it and put the blockoff plate right on the engine block.
-Pull the SAI line from your airbox
-Put one washer on the inside and one on the outside of the new hole in the airbox and bolt them together
-Seal around the washer on the outside with RTV/whatever
-Remove the actual SAI pump (optional but recommended) - it's at the lower right just behind your front bumper
-Reroute vacuum lines around the SAI solenoid under the intake manifold (for 1.8s, anyway... not sure where it is for 2.8s) - my vaccum setup is attached.

 

Offhand do you know which companies offer the delete? I don't have much to gain with a chip on my 30v but I wouldn't mind deleting the system altogether before it has an issue.

 

I know Mike Hood sells the blockoff plate, not sure who else?

 

he is talking about companies that can write the code for him i think

 

Unitronic does it for some years. Actually, they do it for 2001, so OP can use them.

 

Yes I do. I sell the IE block off plate and have a few of them sitting right here. The ones I have are the older ones that are not anodized.


Yes Unitronics does offer removing the SAI code on their tunes.

 

gotcha, you're right. Reading post FAIL.

 

Does GIAC offer the SAI delete or a test pipe file?