DeanV

I have an S2000 that had a frontal collision. In front of the left hand front wheel there is a device with hose going to the inlet manifold. This was destroyed and so I removed it and blocked the hole in the manifold. The car has been running fine without it but the engine warning light remains on. Can I put a resistor or something between the wires that went to this unit to trick the ECU into thinking that it is there, or should I reinstate it because it actually does something useful.

suzuka-blue-s2k

Im pretty sure your talking about the emissions air pump that is in the driver side of the front bumper. It will give you a CEL, and sorry to say, there is no resistor or any way to fix it unless you get a new pump. The only other way is if you have a full EMS. So if you want that CEL gone, you have to get a new air pump. There was a kit for this to get rid of the pump and not have a CEL but it failed. Nobody has beat this pump yet. Post in the Want to Buy section, there are always people with parts like this. I had to replace mine already also. Should cost around $100 for a used pump off of here.

DeanV

Thanks. That is what I needed to know.