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Old 04-04-2007, 05:32 PM
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the bank 2 02 sensor is originally after the cat on the stock exhaust right?

if so then when i put my long tubes and true dual exhaust on that sensor should set the check engine because there is no cat there so it thinks its bad right?

when i got the pcm4less tune i told him no cats and the light still comes on.

should i just get the 02 sensor or is it getting a false reading due to no cat?
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Originally Posted by ricknbird350
the bank 2 02 sensor is originally after the cat on the stock exhaust right?

if so then when i put my long tubes and true dual exhaust on that sensor should set the check engine because there is no cat there so it thinks its bad right?

when i got the pcm4less tune i told him no cats and the light still comes on.

should i just get the 02 sensor or is it getting a false reading due to no cat?
what year is your car?? My bank 2 sensor is on the manifold and bank 1 is on the Y-pipe before the cat. i have a 94 z28.
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its a 94 formula, so i guess mine was never after the cat then? so it must be a bad 02
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How do you know it's throwing a code for an O2? I would scan the car first before I bought a new O2.
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because when im crusin down the road the check engine light comes on and i took it to autozone and it said oil temp sensor (doesnt exist?) and optical sensor low resolution (bad opti?) and bank 2 o2 sensor
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Was the oil temp 58, 59, or 79? Those are trans fluid codes. 16 is a low res failure which is a bad opti. Personally I'd be more worried about the opti than the O2. But about the O2, you're not going to get an O2 DTC because of the no cat I don't think. Either way, the oxygen in the exhaust at the O2 is going to be the same whether you have a cat or not so I would say the sensor is bad.
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ok thanks. i knew the opti is on its way out. it takes awhile to start. it will start and stall. i dont have the money for a new opti tho
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You won't have choice when you are sitting on the side of the road, lol. That's what happened to me.



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