MIL Eliminators HELP
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MIL Eliminators HELP
Well, my cats are gone now and I'm looking for MIL eliminators. I just now learned what they are, and only vaguely at that. I don't know where to get them or a good brand or even where to put 'em. Gentlemen I want you all to know that I'm overseas and my old man is the one doing the work on my truck. He's used to working on the farm, so the extent of his mechanic skills were learned under the hood of a Ford tractor not a Ford truck. I need to be able to tell him what to look for underneath. And I left the states before having the chance to get under my truck and look around. I really don't know much about my truck actually, except what I've learned from places like this. What I know about Ford trucks at all I learned from my first set of wheels ever, a 1987 F250 w/ the 6.9L international in it. There wasn't a whole lot I didn't know about it. But my 02 is a whole new ball game. So when I get my MIL eliminators I need to be able to explain the whole deal to Dad. Thank you gents.
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I found a set on Ebay for around 9 dollers, and its pretty easy to hook them up, they sent a diagram with direction on how to hook it up and to what wires to hook them up to, the diagram shows all ya need to know, i asked the same question a while back about wich were better and was basicly told they all do the same job, so there is really no difference in them, but the ones i got were identical to the ones on the MIL websits, the only difference was the ones on the site were 30 bucks and mine were 9.00 with free shipping.. but good luck, from what i understand though, they only work on the rear o2 sensor. removing the cats shouldnt effect the front o2 sensor at all. but hope i was some help....
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Originally Posted by LxMan1
Yep, or a good tuner like a Diablosport Predator will let you just turn them off so that you don't need eliminators.
Do you know off hand if the Superchips Max Microtuner will turn them off? That's the one I have now, but like I said I'm overseas and havn't had a chance to play around any. Thanks gents
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Make your own, works just as good and it will cost you under 10 bucks.Go to cobrasvt.com, click tech articles/links, scroll down to exhaust and click the "homemade mil eliminators", gives you full diagrams and even gives you part numbers for your trip to the radio shack.
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hey guys new to the forum and learning as I go along. What are MIL eliminators? when putting on an exhaust like flowmasters will not having them effect the way the truck shifts? thats the problem i am getting. the shifting on my truck chaged.
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No, your problem is associated with something else. When doing an exhaust, some people remove the cat. converters. Modern cars will see this (thanks to the O2 sensor) and set off the MIL. (Malfunction Indicator Light). The MIL eliminators plug into the O2's harness and send the 'correct' reading back to the ECM.
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mil eliminator...someone help me purchase one from the net
well ive tried lookin for this mil eliminator..and im not having good luck..im not exactly the best at internet search anyways...but if someone could hepl me..maybe give me an address to the one that i need to purchase it from..that would be great...2000 f150 4x4 4.2 v6...id really appreciate the help on this matter...cus let me tell ya...the rattling that is coming from that cat...is driving me nuts! lol...thanks again
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Thats because MIL eliminators are illegal in the US. So finding them is not going to be easy, since no one makes them anymore. My advice is get a good flowing replacement cat. That will resolve your rattling, and you will have better smoother torque. MIL eliminators were originally designed for track use, but when they were illegally being used on street vehicles, the EPA cracked down on the makers of such products and placed bans on importing them too. Good track vehicles most often use aftermarket fuel injection systems, so fooling factory systems is not necessary. Street vehicles need to follow the rules of the road.
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Little more expensive solution, about 35-40 bucks, but you can use one of the O2 EFIE enhancers they use with the HHO units. The sensor affected, and throwing the MIL is the aft cat O2. it's getting an exceptionally high O2 reading. should be seeing about .01-.02 MV, and is most likely seeing .045 or greater. The Efie will allow you to send a constant .02mv on the line back to ECU.
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