Re: O2 sensors

From: Jon Steiger (stei0302@cs.fredonia.edu)
Date: Thu Jul 23 1998 - 01:17:26 EDT


At 01:00 PM 7/22/98 -0700, you wrote:
>Jack,
>Maybe (pure speculation) the ones at the head pipes are used as misfire
>sensors? If so, maybe some analog electronics could be added to "adjust"
>their response time and reduce/eliminate misfire sensing due to a lumpy
>bumpstick installation?? This is beginning to sound like work...
>Bruce

  If its anything like my '96, the upstream O2 sensor is used to monitor
the fuel/air ratio which the computer uses to make adjustments to keep it
in the right place. The downstream O2 sensor is used to monitor the
performance of the cat. I don't know wether or not they do anything about
misfire; my FSM didn't say anything about that; it just said they were
used to monitor the fuel/air ratio.

                                               -Jon-

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