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Old Jul 21, 2005 | 06:54 AM
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yesterday my srvice engine light came on and i went to auto zone and they plugged the little diagonostic computer into it and it came up as a bad o2 sensor in cabin 2.. now im pretty sure cabin 2 is the passenger side but the car has 3 o2 sensors being 2 after the headers on the y pipe and 1 after the cat. i put a new one in and the guy cleared the code but the car still feels like its not puuling as hard.....o yea and BTW these were brand new o2 sensors because i just got my exhaust put on friday....headers Y pipe and cats. but any help would be appretiated guys THANXX
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Old Jul 21, 2005 | 12:37 PM
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after putting on headers its a good idea to replace your rear O2 with o2 sims
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Old Jul 24, 2005 | 03:37 PM
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Originally Posted by camarodude88
yesterday my srvice engine light came on and i went to auto zone and they plugged the little diagonostic computer into it and it came up as a bad o2 sensor in cabin 2.. now im pretty sure cabin 2 is the passenger side but the car has 3 o2 sensors being 2 after the headers on the y pipe and 1 after the cat. i put a new one in and the guy cleared the code but the car still feels like its not puuling as hard.....o yea and BTW these were brand new o2 sensors because i just got my exhaust put on friday....headers Y pipe and cats. but any help would be appretiated guys THANXX

Same thing happened to me when i goy my L/T headers. I replaced the rear 02's with some simms. Problem solved. As i was told when you install headers the computer reads more free flow air intake, therfore it throws a bad code. best bet replace with some simms
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