Re: Exhaust leak diagnosis and tuneup

From: Andy Levy (andylevy@yahoo.com)
Date: Sun Jul 14 2002 - 15:32:08 EDT


Wes Weems wrote:
> Oh yeah, one last thing, my dak is a 3.9l v6, and it has o2 sensors
> before and after the cat... Somone said that replacing the rear o2
> doesn't make a diff, and that if it went bad, the check engine light
> would ocme on, but wouldn't change running conditions, is that correct?

The post-cat O2 sensor, as far as I know, is used by OBD-II to monitor
the health of the cat. It's not used for tuning engine performance;
that's the pre-cat sensor's job.

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-andy
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