Originally Posted by
tunerpro
There is no "richening" the idle mixture. When the ECM is in closed loop, it self balances to ~14.7 based on feedback from the primary O2 sensor(s). If that actual AFR isn't 14.7 or near it, then your O2 sensor is bad, is positioned in the exhaust system where it can't properly read the mixture, and/or you have an exhaust leak.
Additionally, large diameter exhaust system can cause mixture at low exhaust flow conditions (e.g. idle) to read lean on a Wideband, and, yes, if your Wideband is that close to the open exhaust, it could cause it to read erroneously lean.