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Enable Condition

ENABLE CONDITION

Secondary Parameters Enable Conditions
Accumulated time of canister purge operation after engine starting ≥ 19.9 sec.
Battery voltage > 10.9 V
Atmospheric pressure > 75.1 kPa (563 mmHg, 22.2 inHg)
Engine coolant temperature ≥ 70°C (158°F)
Catalyst warm-up counter (Map 2) ≥ 8000
Misfire detection every 200 rotations < 5 times
Learning value of evaporation gas density < 0.20
Sub feedback In operation
Evaporative system diagnosis Not in operation
Time of difference (< 0.10) between actual and target lambda 1000 milliseconds or more
Vehicle speed ≥ 70.4 km/h (44 MPH)
Amount of intake air 12 - 40 g (0.35 - 1.41 oz)/s
Engine load change every 0.5 engine revs. < 0.02 g (0.0007 oz)/rev
Rear oxygen output change from lower than to higher than 600 mV Experienced after fuel cut
After engine starting ≥ 235 sec.

Map 2 

Add the following value every 512 milliseconds.

Catalyst warm-up counter ≤ 9000 

CATALYST WARM-UP COUNTER ≤ 9000

Intake amount of air (g(oz)/s) 0(0) 5 (0.18) 7.5 (0.265) 10 (0.35) 15 (0.53) 20 (0.71) 25 (0.88) 30 (1.06) 35 (1.23) 40 (1.41) 45 (1.59) 50 (1.76)
Total value for warm-up counter -36 -10 1 11 25 40 57 72 87 100 100 100

Catalyst warm-up counter> 9000 

CATALYST WARM-UP COUNTER 9000

Intake amount of air (g(oz)/s) 0(0) 5 (0.18) 7.5 (0.265) 10 (0.35) 15 (0.53) 20 (0.71) 25 (0.88) 30 (1.06) 35 (1.23) 40 (1.41) 45 (1.59) 50 (1.76)
Total value for warm-up counter -16 -8 -1 3 6 8 9 11 13 14 14 14