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- From: (Eric Youngblood)
- Subject: Re: oxygen sensor
- Message-ID: <1992Oct12.164128.18180@bnr.ca>
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- Organization: Bell-Northern Research, Richardson, Tx
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- Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1992 16:41:28 GMT
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- In article <1992Oct9.181050.14845@cabot.balltown.cma.COM>, welty@cabot.balltown.cma.COM (richard welty) writes:
-
- [ O2 sensor longevity discussion deleted]
-
- |> a car with a bad o2 sensor will tend to run rather badly; you can check
- |> if the o2 sensor is the problem by disconnecting the sensor wire and
- |> grounding the wire going to the ECU, which will cause the motor to run
- |> full rich. the motor should run better immediately, but will probably
- |> fail to pass any emissions testing with the sensor wire crowbarred like
- |> this. leaving the ECU wire hanging unconnected will make the motor run
- |> full lean; this is not recommended.
- |>
-
- [O2 sensor failure discussion deleted]
-
- |> richard
- |> --
- |> richard welty 518-393-7228
- |> welty@cabot.balltown.cma.com
- |> ``if you can read this, mario, you're too close''
- |> -- bumper sticker seen on a CART safety truck
-
-
- Sometime back there was discussion on how to use a universal three-wire O2
- sensor as exhaust gas analyzer. I have a CO analyzer and would like to be
- able to measure O2 output as well.
-
- The above post infers that a O2 sensor outputs low voltage readings when it
- detects lean engine exhaust (lots of free O2) and that grounding the ECU input
- (forcing it to 0 volts) tells the computer to richen the mixture.
-
- I have done some bench testing on a three-wire universal O2 sensor (trying to
- figure how it works without any datasheet) The results *seem* to agree with
- the earlier post but I have a couple questions:
-
- Conditions : Bench test (in air)
-
- A small fan simulating an exhaust(air) flow causes the sensor to output about
- 0.20 to 0.25 volts indicating lean. (seems logical to me)
-
- Shutting off the fan caused the voltage output to increase to about 0.9 volts.
- Q1:Why would flow rate affect output?
- Q2:Does the sensor *need* a steady flow of gases to sample correctly?
-
-
- Any info appreciated...
-
- Thanks,
-
- Ericy
-