AF1Strider

I have 1998 Camaro SS with LT's and ORY. I have these SES codes
p0131
p0140
p0151
p0152
p0154
p0160

I know they are all O2 sensor codes. THe car will idle rough, almost kill itself, then shoot itslef back up. while driving, it feels like its getting too much air and and bog nasty. Only time it runs good is at WOT, but when i go WOT if you look out the back you see a cloud of black smoke. Do I just need new o2 sensors? or could it be fuel pressure regualtor? or fuses? any advice will help.

SS101

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at least o2s...start there, any other problems will be much easier to diagnose after that's taken care of

2001NBMZ28

02's are on the ENG SEN fuse circuit - something easy to check, but usually throws a MAF code if blown. Check the wiring/connectors on both front sensors - didn't know you could throw low voltage, high voltage and insufficient activity on the same sensor. Don't know what's going on...did it just happen all of a sudden or just after a header install? Don't worry about the rear sensor codes if you don't have cats.

FireSilverLullaby

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yeah get under the car and make sure none of the wires are burnt. you also might want to try cleaning the o2 sensors with some electrical parts cleaner and compressed air.

AF1Strider

No, i dont have cats, or rear o2's, so I know about those codes, and this started after the header install but its been about 5 months since header install before this started to happen.

BIG_MIKE2005

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Sounds like bad O2's then if it just started happening 5 months after the LT install.

can'tfindausername

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I had a issue like this, replaced my 02's and was good to go. That is where I'd start

AF1Strider

ok just to add another thing to this, its getting colder, and i have realized when i turn my heater on, my car has no problem at all, it runs fine, all day... does this make any sense?

SS101

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have you even tried new o2s??????

matt3383

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Well the O2's might not be getting up to temp. WHat kind of headers did you install? I would also recc. new O2's

DMONEY06

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mines doing the same thing id try fuel filter and o2s bosch P/N 13111

AF1Strider

my fuel filter is new, its around 3 months, and my o2 sensors are about 4 months old, and i just started getting these problems abotu 2 months ago. my car is a 1998 SS with 109xxx miles on it.

3rdgentug

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new o2's!

AF1Strider

i guess i will try new o2s i hope that fixs it, this is getting frustrating, and the gas mileage is nasty bad

Jhankinson

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Do you really think the O2's have gone bad in just 4 months? he said they are only 4 months old. I would hope they didnt get toasted that fast or there is much bigger issues.

AF1Strider

well i dont know if wires got burnt on the header or anything. i hope it is something easy, but who knows, probably not my luck

radkon

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What other mods do you have and have you ever had it tuned?

If the car is running always running rich it will kill O2's pretty fast.

AF1Strider

the mods on my car are Lid, K&N Filter, Lower Thermostat, Long Tubes, Off Road Y, FLowmaster 80 series. No The Car isnt Tuned. And Yesterday i deleted AIR and EGR.

radkon

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Your car is running rich and killing O2s. Get it tuned and replace the O2s. It will improve your mileage and drivability.

AF1Strider

i hope its just that. i thought the O2 sensors might have burned to the headers, and they didnt. im gonna hook up a volt meter to the O2s and look at the voltages. i wonder if the the one o2 extension i have on one side is messing everything up.