Driving without front o2 sensors
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Is it okay to drive a few miles without any o2 sensors? will the car even run? reason i ask is because i forgot to order o2 sensor extensions for the front, i was planning on getting rid of the rear o2s and just having them tuned out and didnt realize until it was too late that i needed front o2 extensions for the longtubes.
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Yes the car will run, albeit rich.
The stock tune runs like that for the first few minutes after a cold start, so you will be fine driving it for a few miles. On a cold day, it will take quite a bit to warm up the engine enough for the o2 sensors to start working, but you don't see cars coming off a cold start have problems moving around.
The stock tune runs like that for the first few minutes after a cold start, so you will be fine driving it for a few miles. On a cold day, it will take quite a bit to warm up the engine enough for the o2 sensors to start working, but you don't see cars coming off a cold start have problems moving around.
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+1, you should be fine on a short trip. long term driving without the front o2 will result in fouled plugs and eventually a pretty gummy combustion chamber because the computer will read no fuel in the exhaust and therefore it will inject more to compensate. rear o2's will throw a emissions code that basically says your cats are bad.