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- From: elmquist@pez.ssesco.com (Chris Elmquist)
- Subject: Re: oxygen sensor
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- References: <BvpJI4.BDD@watserv1.uwaterloo.ca> <26055@oasys.dt.navy.mil> <1992Oct7.210906.18481@cabot.balltown.cma.COM>
- Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1992 21:11:42 GMT
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- So, there are only a couple different O2 sensor designs ? Do they all
- exhibit the same O2 vs. Vout curve ? I suspect that mine (in my '87
- Integra) may be failing and causing the rotten idle problem I've had
- for a couple years(!).
-
- I'm wondering if I can disconnect the sensor and fake a nominal Vout
- using a battery and a couple resistors (or a pot)... If they have a 0v
- to 1v range, can I feed .5v say, into the computer in place of the O2 sensor
- and see if the idle behaves differently (better maybe) ? Or is the output
- of the O2 sensor much more dynamic and related to engine RPM such that a
- constant Vout (or Vin to the computer) would really dork up the idle...?
-
- It would be nice to diagnosis the O2 sensor as bad before trying to pull
- it out...
-
- Chris
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- Chris Elmquist, N0JCF
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