

| Subject: | Re: O2 sensors revisited (short) |
| From: | Sam Walters |
| Date: | Mon, 11 Sep 2006 16:48:41 -0400 |
Geza, What is the temp of your model thermostat? If it is the lower temp one, it opens sooner rather than later and thus the engine takes longer to heat up because all the coolant starts circulating and getting cooled by the radiator loop. I still think this problem is due to something else, not the O2 sensor. If I understand correctly, it is the temp measurement from the Temp II sensor to the ECU that sends the engine into closed loop, not the temp of the O2 sensor. Don't have time to look that up and verify it, but think it is correct. Also, that a part is new doesn't necessarily mean that it isn't the culprit. I once had two or three consecutive bad thermostats in an old Chevy. Engine was reading hot, but the radiator was cold, but it had new thermostats. So, you might need to check the thermostat. If the water pump was not working well, the engine would heat up sooner, not later. The attached files have lots of info on FI system problems and one set focuses on the O2 sensor. Have you checked out your idle stabilizer unit? But read the files before going to all this trouble on the heated O2 sensor. Sam -- Sam Walters Baltimore, MD 89 Syncro GL, Zetec Inside 85 Westy Weekender 85 Mercedes Benz 300D Turbodiesel - to become veggie oil powered All incoming and outgoing email scanned by automatically updated copy of Norton AntiVirus.
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